Attempting to update to 23.01 DEVEL corrupts my pfSense installation

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.

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

serzyfritz

@stephenw10
Thank you, This allowed me to update/install packages again after switching back to 22.05.
I am going to wait for the fix to become available before I attempt the upgrade to 23.01 again.