Attempting to update to 23.01 DEVEL corrupts my pfSense installation

[mtarbox]

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

[stephenw10]

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

[mtarbox]

@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.

[serzyfritz]

@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.

[pitchfork]

@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)

[yellowRain]

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

[lawrencesystems]

@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.

[stephenw10]

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

[michaellacroix]

@stephenw10

FYI - I tried all the recommendations in this doc.

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

[stephenw10]

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?

[mtarbox]

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

[stephenw10]

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....

[michaellacroix]

@stephenw10
I documented this in another post:

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

[stephenw10]

OK, replicated that. Digging....

[stephenw10]

Ok, we see the issue here. We are working on a fix that should be available shortly.

[michaellacroix]

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

[stephenw10]

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

[tomfrode]

@stephenw10 any ETA on fix or dirty workaround yet?

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

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[michaellacroix]

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

[stephenw10]

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