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    Attempting to update to 23.01 DEVEL corrupts my pfSense installation

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      tedquade @gabacho4
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      @gabacho4 Me too, same message and same GUI outcome.

      Ted Quade

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Yes, as I said above there is still an outstanding issue we are working on there.

        I will update here when that has been cleared.

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          pitchfork @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 it says resolved there, but still seems to be an issue here.

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          • mtarboxM
            mtarbox
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            Same. Borked it so bad I needed to submit a ticket and reinstall.
            4100 base.

            Si vis pacem, para pactum.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              What errors were you seeing?

              What version were you upgrading from?

              If you are coming from a 23.01 snapshot from Dec 6th or earlier you may need to manually upgrade the pfSense-upgrade and pfSense-base pkgs before upgrading.

              Steve

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                mtarbox @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                I was coming from 22.05 on a brand new 4100.
                "Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running. Try again later" in the GUI.
                When I switch to cli, I get "unable to update repositories".
                So then I go through the troubleshooting from here:[https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html](link url)
                And from there, I borked the install and had to submit a ticket for the image.

                Si vis pacem, para pactum.

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                  serzyfritz @mtarbox
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                  @mtarbox I am also having the exact same errors on my install. Installed pfSense a month ago from the community edition, and upgraded to plus 22.05. A few days ago I switched up to try the Beta, can't get the update to go (same errors). I am also having issues where no packages will install or update either when switched back to 22.05 production listings.

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                    pitchfork @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 coming from 22.05 and switched the upgrade path from stable to beta two days ago.

                    already tried to run pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade twice. after the 1st run I tried to upgrade via GUI, 2nd time via console. same error messages reported in this thread (they diff whether it's GUI or console)

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                      yellowRain
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                      Netgate 6100
                      
                      22.05-RELEASE (amd64)
                      built on Wed Jun 22 18:56:13 UTC 2022
                      FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE
                      

                      No way to update to 23.01 20221226 :

                      Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running.  Try again later
                      
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                        lawrencesystems @yellowRain
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                        @yellowrain said in Attempting to update to 23.01 DEVEL corrupts my pfSense installation:

                        Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running. Try again later

                        I am getting the same error as well using virtualzied pfsense plus 22.05.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          The Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running. error?

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                            michaellacroix @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10

                            FYI - I tried all the recommendations in this doc.

                            https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              And you are also seeing the same error:

                              Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running.
                              

                              When trying to upgrade from 22.05 to 23.01 in the gui?

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                                mtarbox @stephenw10
                                last edited by mtarbox

                                @stephenw10 for me yes. Same thing.
                                However when I grep it, it doesn't show that it is running.

                                Si vis pacem, para pactum.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  If you run at the command line: ps -auxwwd | grep upgrade

                                  Does it show another instance is actually running?

                                  If so try just running ps -auxwwd and see if there are any sub processes it's waiting on.

                                  Trying to replicate it here....

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                                    michaellacroix @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10
                                    I documented this in another post:

                                    https://forum.netgate.com/topic/176692/unable-to-upgrade-22-05-to-23-01-dev20221223/5

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      OK, replicated that. Digging....

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                        Ok, we see the issue here. We are working on a fix that should be available shortly.

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                                          michaellacroix @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10
                                          Will we be able to test tonight? If not, will there be an ETA? Thanks

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            I don't see a commit for it yet. Let me see if I can find anything clearer....

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