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      m.d.frederiksen
      last edited by m.d.frederiksen

      Running on fairly new NetGate 4200 MAX hardware.

      Having either packages "pfBlockerNG" or "Zeek" installed triggers this :

      pfSense 24.11.r.jpg

      Uninstalling both packages removes the problem ..
      Re-installing either package will return the error.

      Tried reset to factory, re-install everything but the error still returns if either package is installed.

      No symptoms of the error observed in the running system, apart from the error-message itself.

      Any wizard here that can guide me to a diagnosis / solution ? :-)

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by stephenw10

        Hmm, so to be clear everything actually runs OK. You just see that error checking for upgrades?

        That was a known bug a while back but should be fixed.

        If you run pfSense-upgrade -c at the command line do you see the same error?

        Or in fact if you run pfSense-repoc -N ?

        Steve

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Can't replicate there here so far on other 24.11 installs. Did you see any errors at upgrade?

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            m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10

            pfSense 24.11.r__1.jpg

            'pfSense 24.11.r__2.jpg

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              m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
              last edited by m.d.frederiksen

              @stephenw10

              The upgrade process seems to go smooth, but at next visit to the System->Upgrade menu after upgrade-reboot, it looks like this :

              pfSense 24.11.r.jpg

              PS: Remote access to happily granted (to your staff, if you feel like researching :-)

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Hmm, OK. Do you see any additional errors if you run that directly?:
                pkg-static info -R --raw-format json-compact pfSense-pkg-\*

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                  m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
                  last edited by m.d.frederiksen

                  @stephenw10

                  pfSense 24.11 packages.txt

                  (List too big to quote directly .. Had to upload as attachment).

                  And no .. I recognize no errors in that list ..

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Hmm, you should probably run that at the real command line. Running through the webgui prompt is not exactly the same.

                    No errors shown there. I'd expect at least the same errors that repoc hits.

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                      m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10

                      It actually WAS from the CLI .. Just "grabbed" to text-file ..

                      Here is the same thing in the actual CLI :

                      pfSense 24.11.r_big.jpg

                      Not really helpful .. as only the last third is seen, and its formatted like crap.

                      Thus the prior nicely formatted text-file :-)

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Hmm, still no error though interesting....

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                          m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
                          last edited by m.d.frederiksen

                          @stephenw10

                          Agree .. most interesting.

                          Have spend 5-6 hours working this issue. My ADHD wont let it go :-)

                          A full restore from USB -- Everything OK

                          Full upgrade from USB-installation to current online version -- Everything OK

                          Restoring my backup-XML-file -- Everything OK
                          (pfSense install all packages, and my setup)

                          Reboot happens as part of the XML-restore

                          (Wait for all packages to complete installation as indicated by GUI .. zzz)

                          Now visit System->Upgrade .. Error is displayed instantly.

                          BUT .. as mentioned .. The error-message itself is the only indication of a problem.
                          Everything seems to be working as expected (I am no expert user).

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Check the version of repoc you have. I wonder if it's somehow not upgrading it or pulling in an older version:

                            [24.11-RC][admin@4860.stevew.lan]/root: pkg info -x pfSense
                            pfSense-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                            pfSense-Status_Monitoring-php83-1.8_8
                            pfSense-base-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                            pfSense-boot-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                            pfSense-composer-deps-0.1
                            pfSense-default-config-serial-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                            pfSense-gnid-0.20
                            pfSense-kernel-pfSense-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                            pfSense-mim-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                            pfSense-pkg-Netgate_Firmware_Upgrade-23.05.01
                            pfSense-pkg-System_Patches-2.2.18
                            pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.2.9
                            pfSense-pkg-aws-wizard-0.12
                            pfSense-pkg-frr-2.0.2_6
                            pfSense-pkg-ipsec-profile-wizard-1.2.4
                            pfSense-pkg-zeek-3.0.6_6
                            pfSense-repo-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                            pfSense-repoc-20241031
                            pfSense-upgrade-1.2.29
                            php83-pfSense-module-0.99
                            
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                              m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
                              last edited by m.d.frederiksen

                              @stephenw10

                              [24.11-RC][admin@bearwall.bearcave.lan]/root: pkg info -x pfSense
                              pfSense-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                              pfSense-Status_Monitoring-php83-1.8_8
                              pfSense-base-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                              pfSense-boot-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                              pfSense-composer-deps-0.1
                              pfSense-default-config-serial-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                              pfSense-gnid-0.20
                              pfSense-kernel-pfSense-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                              pfSense-mim-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                              pfSense-pkg-Avahi-2.2_6
                              pfSense-pkg-Backup-0.6.3
                              pfSense-pkg-Cron-0.3.8_5
                              pfSense-pkg-Notes-0.2.9_5
                              pfSense-pkg-Open-VM-Tools-10.1.0_5,1
                              pfSense-pkg-Service_Watchdog-1.8.7_4
                              pfSense-pkg-Shellcmd-1.0.5_4
                              pfSense-pkg-Status_Traffic_Totals-2.3.2_7
                              pfSense-pkg-System_Patches-2.2.18
                              pfSense-pkg-Tailscale-0.1.8
                              pfSense-pkg-Telegraf-0.9_8
                              pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.2.9
                              pfSense-pkg-acme-0.8_5
                              pfSense-pkg-bandwidthd-0.7.7
                              pfSense-pkg-bind-9.18_2
                              pfSense-pkg-darkstat-3.1.4
                              pfSense-pkg-haproxy-0.63_9
                              pfSense-pkg-iperf-3.0.5
                              pfSense-pkg-nmap-1.4.4_8
                              pfSense-pkg-node_exporter-0.18.1_5
                              pfSense-pkg-ntopng-5.6.0_1
                              pfSense-pkg-nut-2.8.2_4
                              pfSense-pkg-openvpn-client-import-1.2_3
                              pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel-3.2.1_20
                              pfSense-pkg-snort-4.1.6_22
                              pfSense-pkg-softflowd-1.2.6_2
                              pfSense-pkg-squid-0.5
                              pfSense-pkg-squidGuard-1.16.23
                              pfSense-pkg-sudo-0.3_10
                              pfSense-pkg-suricata-7.0.7_5
                              pfSense-pkg-syslog-ng-1.16.2
                              pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.2.4
                              pfSense-pkg-zeek-3.0.6_6
                              pfSense-repo-24.11.r.20241112.1813
                              pfSense-repoc-20241031
                              pfSense-upgrade-1.2.29
                              php83-pfSense-module-0.99
                              [24.11-RC][admin@bearwall.bearcave.lan]/root:
                              
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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Hmm, seems fine too.

                                I'll keep trying to replicate it.

                                Are there any other errors shown in the logs?

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                                  m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
                                  last edited by m.d.frederiksen

                                  @stephenw10

                                  What other log ?

                                  Specifics (cli commands) ?

                                  Can it be my XML-backup that corrupts the system somehow when restoring it ?
                                  I would really hate to have to re-build my setup from scratch :-(

                                  Oh .. and an interesting observation is, that removal of both fpBlockerNG and Zeek fixes the problem.

                                  But .. if ANY other package is installed at a later point - the error returns.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @m.d.frederiksen
                                    last edited by

                                    @m-d-frederiksen said in Problem after upgrading to 24.11-RC:

                                    if ANY other package is installed at a later point - the error returns.

                                    Hmm, that's interesting.

                                    By logs I mean in the main system logs when that command is run. Or when you install a pkg etc.

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                                      m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
                                      last edited by m.d.frederiksen

                                      @stephenw10

                                      Have looked through all logs available under Status-> System Logs

                                      Nothing pertaining to the issue was found.

                                      And absolutely no malfunctions found anywhere.
                                      Its almost like a “false flag” error-status - if it was an antivirus-product, if you know what I mean ..

                                      EXCEPT .. Checking for updates from CLI (13) fails while error-status is present.

                                      This might be an issue 🤣🤣

                                      Thanks for your time.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Oh how does it fail with menu option 13?

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                                          m.d.frederiksen @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10

                                          IMG_4907.jpeg

                                          I imagine it will have a hard time upgrading packages it cannot retrieve a list for ?!

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Not really, that shouldn't prevent it updating. It should still report you are up to date below that?

                                            It's only failing to compile the list of installed packages for repoc. pkg itself should still work fine.

                                            When we saw this before it was just an ugly artifact. It looks like it is here too.

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