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    Unable to upgrate 23.09.1 to 24.11

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      No that's all correct. Weird.

      What happens if you try upgrading to 24.03 first?

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        nanda @stephenw10
        last edited by nanda

        @stephenw10

        After changing the update branch to 24.03 via System => Update => Update Settings, the main pfSense config.xml's pkg_repo_conf_path changed to 24.03 repo.

        <system>
        	...
        	<pkg_repo_conf_path>/usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-24_03-rel.conf</pkg_repo_conf_path>
        	...
        </system>
        
        

        The symlink points to 23.09.1. I changed it manually and initiated an upgrade, but the result is the same and the main pfSense config.xml's pkg_repo_conf_path changed to 24.11 repo.

        [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: ls -ls /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
        total 4
        4 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 26 Dec  6  2023 FreeBSD.conf
        0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 62 Mar 20 18:28 pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-23_09_1_rel.conf
        [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: rm /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf
        [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: ln -s /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-24_03-rel.conf /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf
        [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: ls -ls /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
        total 4
        4 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 26 Dec  6  2023 FreeBSD.conf
        0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 60 Mar 20 18:39 pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-24_03-rel.conf
        [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: pfSense-upgrade
        >>> Updating repositories metadata...
        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
        Fetching meta.conf: . done
        Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done
        Processing entries: . done
        pfSense-core repository update completed. 5 packages processed.
        Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
        Fetching meta.conf: . done
        Fetching packagesite.pkg: ...... done
        Processing entries: .......... done
        pfSense repository update completed. 739 packages processed.
        All repositories are up to date.
        Your packages are up to date
        [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: ls -ls /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
        total 4
        4 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 26 Dec  6  2023 FreeBSD.conf
        0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 62 Mar 20 18:41 pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-23_09_1_rel.conf
        
        <system>
        	...
        	<pkg_repo_conf_path>/usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-24_11.conf</pkg_repo_conf_path>
        	...
        <system>
        

        The entire process is unclear to me since the upgrade process started with a lower version (24.03) but was completed with the lowest version (i.e., the original base version:23.09.1), and recorded in the config.xml with the latest version (24.11).

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Ok I managed to replicate this locally. I think!

          Just visiting the webgui upgrade page resets the symlink to the correct branch

          So first set the repo branch back to 23.09.1. Then run: pkg upgrade -f pfSense-repoc

          Assuming it offers a downgrade allow that like:

          [23.09.1-RELEASE][root@plusdev.stevew.lan]/root: pkg upgrade -f pfSense-repoc
          pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended
          Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
          Fetching meta.conf:   0%
          pfSense-core repository is up to date.
          Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
          pfSense repository is up to date.
          All repositories are up to date.
          Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
          The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
          
          Installed packages to be DOWNGRADED:
                  libucl: 0.9.2_1 -> 0.8.2 [pfSense]
                  pfSense-repoc: 20241121 -> 20230912 [pfSense]
          
          Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                  uclcmd-0.2.20211204 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'freebsd:15:x86:64' -> 'freebsd:14:x86:64')
          
          Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
          Number of packages to be downgraded: 2
          
          Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
          [1/3] Downgrading libucl from 0.9.2_1 to 0.8.2...
          [1/3] Extracting libucl-0.8.2: 100%     14 B   0.0kB/s    00:01    
          [2/3] Reinstalling uclcmd-0.2.20211204...
          [2/3] Extracting uclcmd-0.2.20211204: 100%      4 B   0.0kB/s    00:01    
          [3/3] Downgrading pfSense-repoc from 20241121 to 20230912...
          [3/3] Extracting pfSense-repoc-20230912: 100%      2 B   0.0kB/s    00:01    
          

          Now set the upgrade branch back to 24.11 and try to upgrade again.

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            nanda @stephenw10
            last edited by nanda

            @stephenw10

            As you mentioned, I switched repo branch to 23.09.1 via System => Update => Update settings, and config.xml's pkg_repo_conf_path changed to 23.09.1.

            <system>
            	...
            	<pkg_repo_conf_path>/usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-23_09_1_rel.conf</pkg_repo_conf_path>
            	...
            </system>
            
            [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: ls -ls /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
            total 4
            4 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 26 Dec  6  2023 FreeBSD.conf
            0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 62 Mar 21 22:39 pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-23_09_1_rel.conf
            [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: pkg upgrade -f pfSense-repoc
            Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
            Fetching meta.conf:   0%
            pfSense-core repository is up to date.
            Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
            pfSense repository is up to date.
            All repositories are up to date.
            Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
            The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
            
            Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                    pfSense-repoc-20230912 [pfSense]
            
            Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
            
            Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
            [1/1] Reinstalling pfSense-repoc-20230912...
            [1/1] Extracting pfSense-repoc-20230912: 100%      2 B   0.0kB/s    00:01
            

            After updating the repo branch to 24.11, config.xml's pkg_repo_conf_path changed to 24.11, but symlink points to 23.09.1. Then I executed pfSense-upgrade.

            [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root:ls -ls /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
            total 4
            4 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 26 Dec  6  2023 FreeBSD.conf
            0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 62 Mar 21 22:41 pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-23_09_1_rel.conf
            [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: pfSense-upgrade
            >>> Updating repositories metadata...
            Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
            Fetching meta.conf: . done
            Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done
            Processing entries: . done
            pfSense-core repository update completed. 5 packages processed.
            Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
            Fetching meta.conf: . done
            Fetching packagesite.pkg: ..... done
            Processing entries: .......... done
            pfSense repository update completed. 739 packages processed.
            All repositories are up to date.
            Your packages are up to date
            [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: ls -ls /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
            total 4
            4 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 26 Dec  6  2023 FreeBSD.conf
            0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 62 Mar 21 22:41 pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-23_09_1_rel.conf
            

            After pfSense-upgrade, the symlink state and config.xml's pkg_repo_conf_path value are the same. The firewall is not upgraded.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Hmm, OK different problem then! You can see repoc was not downgraded.

              OK try setting the repo back to 23.09.1 then running: pkg upgrade -f

              Don't agree to the upgrades but check to see what packages it offers to downgrade.

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                nanda @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10

                I do not see any offers for downgrade, rather the packages for upgrade and reinstall are listed.

                [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: pkg upgrade -f
                Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                Fetching meta.conf:   0%
                pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                pfSense repository is up to date.
                All repositories are up to date.
                Checking for upgrades (342 candidates): 100%    342 B   0.3kB/s    00:01
                Processing candidates (342 candidates): 100%    342 B   0.3kB/s    00:01
                The following 342 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
                
                Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
                        curl: 8.4.0 -> 8.6.0 [pfSense]
                        unbound: 1.18.0_1 -> 1.19.1 [pfSense]
                
                Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                        azure-agent-2.8.0.11 [pfSense]
                        bash-5.2.15 [pfSense]
                        beep-1.0_1 [pfSense]
                        bind-tools-9.18.16 [pfSense]
                        boost-libs-1.82.0_1 [pfSense]
                        bsnmp-regex-0.6_2 [pfSense]
                        bsnmp-ucd-0.4.5 [pfSense]
                        bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20 [pfSense]
                        ca_root_nss-3.92 [pfSense]
                        ccid-1.5.1 [pfSense]
                        check_reload_status-0.0.15 [pfSense]
                        choparp-20150613 [pfSense]
                        cpdup-1.22 [pfSense]
                        cpustats-0.1_1 [pfSense]
                        cyrus-sasl-2.1.28_1 [pfSense]
                        dbus-1.14.6,1 [pfSense]
                        devcpu-data-20230617_1 [pfSense]
                        devcpu-data-amd-20230724 [pfSense]
                        devcpu-data-intel-20230808 [pfSense]
                        dhcp6-20080615.2_4 [pfSense]
                        dhcpcd-10.0.2 [pfSense]
                        dhcpleases-0.5_1 [pfSense]
                        dhcpleases6-0.1_3 [pfSense]
                        dmidecode-3.5 [pfSense]
                        dnsmasq-2.89_1,1 [pfSense]
                        dpinger-3.3 [pfSense]
                        drm-510-kmod-5.10.163_7 [pfSense]
                        expat-2.5.0 [pfSense]
                        expiretable-0.6_2 [pfSense]
                        filterdns-2.2 [pfSense]
                        filterlog-0.1_10 [pfSense]
                        gettext-runtime-0.22_1 [pfSense]
                        glib-2.76.4,2 [pfSense]
                        gmp-6.3.0 [pfSense]
                        hostapd-2.10_5 [pfSense]
                        icu-73.2,1 [pfSense]
                        iftop-1.0.p4 [pfSense]
                        igmpproxy-0.4,1 [pfSense]
                        indexinfo-0.3.1 [pfSense]
                        ipmitool-1.8.18_3 [pfSense]
                        isc-dhcp44-client-4.4.3P1 [pfSense]
                        isc-dhcp44-relay-4.4.3P1_4 [pfSense]
                        isc-dhcp44-server-4.4.3P1_4 [pfSense]
                        json-c-0.16 [pfSense]
                        kea-2.4.0 [pfSense]
                        ldns-1.8.3 [pfSense]
                        libargon2-20190702 [pfSense]
                        libedit-3.1.20221030,1 [pfSense]
                        libevent-2.1.12 [pfSense]
                        libffi-3.4.4 [pfSense]
                        libgcrypt-1.10.2 [pfSense]
                        libgpg-error-1.47 [pfSense]
                        libiconv-1.17 [pfSense]
                        libidn2-2.3.4 [pfSense]
                        libinotify-20211018 [pfSense]
                        libltdl-2.4.7 [pfSense]
                        liblz4-1.9.4,1 [pfSense]
                        libmcrypt-2.5.8_3 [pfSense]
                        libnghttp2-1.55.1_1 [pfSense]
                        libpsl-0.21.2_3 [pfSense]
                        libsodium-1.0.18 [pfSense]
                        libssh2-1.11.0_1,3 [pfSense]
                        libucl-0.8.2 [pfSense]
                        libunistring-1.1 [pfSense]
                        libuv-1.46.0 [pfSense]
                        libxml2-2.10.4 [pfSense]
                        libxslt-1.1.37 [pfSense]
                        libyaml-0.2.5 [pfSense]
                        links-2.29_1,1 [pfSense]
                        log4cplus-2.1.0 [pfSense]
                        lua-resty-core-0.1.27 [pfSense]
                        lua-resty-lrucache-0.13 [pfSense]
                        luajit-openresty-2.1.20230410 [pfSense]
                        lzo2-2.10_1 [pfSense]
                        minicron-0.0.2 [pfSense]
                        miniupnpd-2.3.3_1,1 [pfSense]
                        mobile-broadband-provider-info-20230416 [pfSense]
                        mpd5-5.9_16 [pfSense]
                        mpdecimal-2.5.1 [pfSense]
                        nginx-1.24.0_11,3 [pfSense]
                        nss_ldap-1.265_14 [pfSense]
                        ntp-4.2.8p17_1 [pfSense]
                        oniguruma-6.9.8_1 [pfSense]
                        openldap26-client-2.6.6 [pfSense]
                        opensc-0.23.0_1 [pfSense]
                        openvpn-2.6.8_1 [pfSense]
                        openvpn-auth-script-1.0.0.3 [pfSense]
                        pam_ldap-186_1 [pfSense]
                        pam_mkhomedir-0.2 [pfSense]
                        pcre-8.45_3 [pfSense]
                        pcre2-10.42 [pfSense]
                        pcsc-lite-2.0.0,2 [pfSense]
                        perl5-5.34.1_3 [pfSense]
                        pfSense-23.09.1 [pfSense]
                        pfSense-Status_Monitoring-php82-1.8_3 [pfSense]
                        pfSense-azure-0.12_4 [pfSense]
                        pfSense-base-23.09.1 [pfSense-core]
                        pfSense-boot-23.09.1 [pfSense-core]
                        pfSense-composer-deps-0.1 [pfSense]
                        pfSense-default-config-azure-23.09.1 [pfSense]
                        pfSense-kernel-pfSense-23.09.1 [pfSense-core]
                        pfSense-repo-23.09.1 [pfSense]
                        pfSense-repoc-20230912 [pfSense]
                        pfSense-upgrade-1.2.2_1 [pfSense]
                        pftop-0.8_4 [pfSense]
                        php82-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-bcmath-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-bz2-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-ctype-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-curl-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-dom-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-filter-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-gettext-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-gmp-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-intl-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-ldap-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-libbe-0.1.4.1 [pfSense]
                        php82-mbstring-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-opcache-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-openssl_x509_crl-1.3_3 [pfSense]
                        php82-pcntl-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-pdo-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-pdo_sqlite-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-1.10.13 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-Auth_RADIUS-1.1.0_4 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-Cache_Lite-1.8.3,1 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-Crypt_CHAP-1.5.0_2 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-HTTP_Request2-2.5.1,1 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-Mail-1.5.0,1 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-Net_IPv6-1.3.0.b4_2 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-Net_SMTP-1.10.1 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-Net_Socket-1.2.2 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-Net_URL2-2.2.1 [pfSense]
                        php82-pear-XML_RPC2-1.1.5 [pfSense]
                        php82-pecl-mcrypt-1.0.6 [pfSense]
                        php82-pecl-radius-1.4.0b1_2 [pfSense]
                        php82-pecl-rrd-2.0.3 [pfSense]
                        php82-pfSense-module-0.95 [pfSense]
                        php82-phpseclib-2.0.17 [pfSense]
                        php82-posix-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-readline-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-session-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-shmop-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-simplexml-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-sockets-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-sqlite3-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-sysvmsg-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-sysvsem-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-sysvshm-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-tokenizer-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-xml-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-xmlreader-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-xmlwriter-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        php82-zlib-8.2.11 [pfSense]
                        pkcs11-helper-1.29.0 [pfSense]
                        pkg-1.20.8_2 [pfSense]
                        py311-adal-1.2.7_2 [pfSense]
                        py311-aiohttp-3.8.4_1 [pfSense]
                        py311-aiosignal-1.3.1 [pfSense]
                        py311-antlr4-python3-runtime-4.9,1 [pfSense]
                        py311-anyio-3.7.1 [pfSense]
                        py311-applicationinsights-0.11.10 [pfSense]
                        py311-argcomplete-2.1.2 [pfSense]
                        py311-async_generator-1.10 [pfSense]
                        py311-async_timeout-4.0.2 [pfSense]
                        py311-attrs-23.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-appconfiguration-1.1.1 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-batch-13.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-cli-2.50.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-cli-base-1.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-cli-core-2.50.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-cli-telemetry-1.0.8 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-common-1.1.27 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-core-1.28.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-cosmos-3.2.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-datalake-store-0.0.53 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-graphrbac-0.61.1 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-keyvault-1.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-keyvault-administration-4.3.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-keyvault-certificates-4.7.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-keyvault-keys-4.8.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-keyvault-secrets-4.7.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-loganalytics-0.1.1 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-advisor-9.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-apimanagement-4.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-appconfiguration-3.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-appcontainers-2.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-applicationinsights-1.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-authorization-3.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-batch-17.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-batchai-7.0.0.b1 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-billing-6.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-botservice-2.0.0.b3 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-cdn-12.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-cognitiveservices-13.3.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-compute-29.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-consumption-3.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-containerinstance-10.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-containerregistry-10.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-containerservice-24.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-core-1.3.2 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-cosmosdb-9.2.0,1 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-databoxedge-1.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-datalake-analytics-0.6.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-datalake-store-0.5.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-datamigration-10.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-devtestlabs-4.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-dns-8.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-eventgrid-10.2.0.b2 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-eventhub-10.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-extendedlocation-1.0.0.b2 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-hdinsight-9.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-imagebuilder-1.2.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-iotcentral-10.0.0.b1 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-iothub-2.3.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-iothubprovisioningservices-1.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-keyvault-10.2.2 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-kusto-0.5.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-loganalytics-13.0.0.b4 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-managedservices-1.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-managementgroups-1.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-maps-2.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-marketplaceordering-1.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-media-9.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-monitor-5.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-msi-7.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-netapp-10.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-policyinsights-1.1.0.b2 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-privatedns-1.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-rdbms-10.2.0.b10 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-recoveryservices-2.4.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-recoveryservicesbackup-6.0.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift-1.2.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-redis-14.1.0 [pfSense]
                        py311-azure-mgmt-relay-0.2.0 [pfSense]
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                Number of packages to be upgraded: 2
                Number of packages to be reinstalled: 340
                
                366 MiB to be downloaded.
                
                Proceed with this action? [y/N]: N
                [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root:
                
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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  Hmm, odd.

                  Well I would probably just install 24.11 clean and restore the config at that point. However you could try agreeing with that and reinstalling all the packages.

                  https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html#forced-pkg-reinstall

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                    nanda @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10

                    Reinstalling all the packages did not help, the problem still persists.
                    System Update page shows 'Up to date' status.

                    c8ee4427-be22-4a41-92cc-0320f99c0656-image.png

                    Symlink points to 23.09.1

                    [23.09.1-RELEASE][...]/root: ls -ls /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
                    total 4
                    4 -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 26 Dec  6  2023 FreeBSD.conf
                    0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 62 Mar 22 22:41 pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-23_09_1_rel.conf
                    

                    pfSense config.xml's pkg_repo_conf_path has 24.11

                    <system>
                    	...
                    	<pkg_repo_conf_path>/usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-24_11.conf</pkg_repo_conf_path>
                    	...
                    </system>
                    
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Then I can only really recommend reinstalling 24.11. Given the unexpected behaviour I would want to do that even if you did fins a way to force an upgrade.

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                        nanda @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10

                        Thank you very much for your response and your assistance has been highly invaluable. It helped greatly to understand the troubleshooting though the problem was not solved. I will go for the clean installation.

                        Would you tell me the possible scenario(s) that might have caused this situation? It will help to prevent the reoccurrence of the same problem.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Not really! If I could I'd try to replicate it that way but so far I've been unable to.

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