[Solved] What about patches when upgrading to 23.05?

furom

Hi,

When upgrading, what about previously applied patches... I know it is advised not to remove any, but should some be reapplied? Or will that list be adjusted to the running pfSense so I really don't have to think about it?

jimp

In most cases you do not need to touch patches at all before or after an upgrade.

If you only used the recommended patches list, then 23.05 would contain all the recommended patches from the 23.01 list (and more, naturally), so there won't be anything in the recommended list once you upgrade to 23.05.

For custom patches, they would only need to be reapplied if it's something that still isn't included in 23.05 already.

furom

@jimp said in What about patches when upgrading to 23.05?:

For custom patches, they would only need to be reapplied if it's something that still isn't included in 23.05 already.

Thanks, so how can I know if it actually has made it into the release or not? As an example (and the only one so far), I have applied this custom one;

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/a2a2e8a8bee55d5b0c393d2c2d311a2fc8903bce.patch

What should I do to know if I should reapply or not?

jimp

That one is in 23.05.

Normally what you'd do is look at the patch content and see if it references a Redmine issue number. Then check that Redmine issue number and see if it's listed as being in the release.

Sometimes it's not so clear but you can usually match up what it should be doing with a redmine issue or an entry in the release notes.

furom

@jimp Thanks! Will make a note of that :)