Unable to check for updates 2.7.0_dev

[yuryk]

GUI periodically comes up with "Unable to check for update". The solution I always used is to reboot the device and everything comes back to normal.
However today I decided to venture a bit deeper into finding the root cause, and came up upon a manual update command:

DBG(1)[87031]> pkg initialized
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[87031]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense-core
DBG(1)[87031]> PkgRepo: need forced update of pfSense-core
DBG(1)[87031]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite'
DBG(1)[87031]> Request to fetch pkg+https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-core/meta.conf
DBG(1)[87031]> opening libfetch fetcher
DBG(1)[87031]> Fetch > libfetch: connecting
DBG(1)[87031]> Fetch: fetching from: https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-core/meta.conf with opts "i"
DBG(1)[87031]> Fetch: fetching from: https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-core/meta.conf with opts "i"
DBG(1)[87031]> Fetch: fetching from: https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-core/meta.conf with opts "i"
DBG(1)[87031]> Request to fetch pkg+https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-core/meta.txz
DBG(1)[87031]> opening libfetch fetcher
DBG(1)[87031]> Fetch > libfetch: connecting
DBG(1)[87031]> Fetch: fetching from: https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-core/meta.txz with opts "i"

The issue here is that beta.pfsense.org name cannot be resolved. Is that expected?

xxxxx@iMac ~ % nslookup
> server 8.8.8.8
Default server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
> beta.pfsense.org
Server:		8.8.8.8
Address:	8.8.8.8#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find beta.pfsense.org: No answer
> 

[Gertjan]

@yuryk

If you don't specify 'something', this :

will ask for an A record.

This :

doesn't use 'A' (or AAAA) records

Check the "pfSense Packages" forum : the top most post : DNS Broken for pkg.pfsense.org