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    Attempting to update to 23.01 DEVEL corrupts my pfSense installation

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    • mtarboxM Offline
      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 Offline
        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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        • mtarboxM Offline
          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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                • lawrencesystemsL Offline
                  lawrencesystems @yellowRain
                  last edited by

                  @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 Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    The Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running. error?

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                      michaellacroix @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @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 Offline
                        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 Offline
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            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 Offline
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                OK, replicated that. Digging....

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                                • stephenw10S Offline
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  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 Offline
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      I don't see a commit for it yet. Let me see if I can find anything clearer....

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                                        tomfrode @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10 any ETA on fix or dirty workaround yet?

                                        I have the same issues when trying to update from 22.05 to 23.01.

                                        failupdate.jpg

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                                          michaellacroix @tomfrode
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                                          @tomfrode
                                          Its worse than just being able to upgrade to the beta version. You also cant add or remove packages.

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                                          • stephenw10S Offline
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            If you switch the pkg repo branch back to 22.05 (stable) int he GUI then run at the command line:

                                            pkg-static install -f pfSense-upgrade
                                            

                                            You will have access to packages again via the GUI.

                                            Steve

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