Snapshots are back!
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Thx :)
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jimp,
We already know that pfSense 2.1 is based on FreeBSD 8.3. This means that only a future pfSense 2.2 are likely to be based on FreeBSD 9.0?
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We already know that pfSense 2.1 is based on FreeBSD 8.3. This means that only a future pfSense 2.2 are likely to be based on FreeBSD 9.0?
Correct. Though it may be 9.1 or whatever is out when we get there. There were far too many issues with 9 to allow us to release in a timely manner. Not all bad things, just things that changed that we'd have to account for. (one thing was that we would have needed to use 9-STABLE to resolve many issues, but that included the new CARP bits and pf which would have required major overhauls to happen). It's work that can be done, but it's work we'd prefer not to have to debug on top of IPv6 issues.
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All right jimp! ;)
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Latest i386 run is up and it looks like the ova permissions and sha256 are up ok. Hopefully that's the last of the little random issues… :-)
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JFYI, last night I downloaded pfSense-2.1-DEVELOPMENT-1g-i386-nanobsd-upgrade-20120327-1021.img.gz…it's now running happily on my net5501.
Thanks!
Bruce.
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Got to love when you update one thing there are 10 other things to fix. :p
One quick question, if you install one of the snapshots will there be the ability to update directly from the firewall? (It shows an update is available on the home screen and you can simply click the update button)
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yes, if you pick the update url for snapshots on your architecture, it will do auto update
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Thanks for the reply Jim!
Just realized after your reply that if you go into the firmware settings you can change an existing installation to use the snapshots if you wanted. I'm still running an RC build so I can update that box to release without having to reinstall it. :D
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Given how long updates take when a bunch of packages are installed, is there someone a log where one can see what changed between snapshots?
I mean, if there's e.g. a major bug in OpenVPN fixed, I should obviously upgrade, but if a typo in a description is changed, it's pointless, and if an automated build script creates a new snapshot, even though the developers were away for the weekend and nothing changed at all, then even less.
If not, what's the recommended interval for updating from one snapshot to the next? Obviously every single snapshot, and my firewall would be updating around the clock. But it's also pointless to test on an outdated build…
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Check commits at github and then decide to update or not.
https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commits/master
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Recent commits and bug reports/changes/closes can be found here:
http://redmine.pfsense.org/activityYou can sort of judge based on the snapshot time what commits will be in it, but it's not an exact science.
As for the interval, whenever is convenient unless there is a bug fix you need.
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http://snapshots.pfsense.org still shows 8.3-RC1-i386 and 8.3-RC1-AMD64 as the FreeBSD version. That's now out of date since the RELENG release of FreeBSD 8.3.
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It very strange that 2.1 does not upgrade all packages. I had pkg_delete and pkg_add to get latest versions of packages.
Everytime I install lates snapshot using auto update It kills my postfix. I have to reinstall postfix and mailscanner to get it to work . -
tritron,
Some packages,like postfix and mailscanner, do not have the .pbi files needed by pfsense 2.1 yet.
att,
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latest 2.1 as of June 1st says its a beta now! :)
Version 2.1-BETA0 (i386)
built on Fri Jun 1 16:41:00 EDT 2012
FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p2You are on the latest version.
Great work guys!!
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Are they stable enough now for home use, without crashing or any major problems?
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Are they stable enough now for home use, without crashing or any major problems?
Basically, yes, but if you depend on specific packages or features there may be the one or other thing not working as expected.
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Since we moved the builds to a blazingly fast new box, I went ahead and enabled nanobsd+vga builds for each snapshot run. enjoy!
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Is your blazingly fast new build boxes dumping update files to a new location also? Reason I am asking is that I have an IPv6 only firewall that cannot get to update. Some troubleshooting shows that snapshots.pfsense.org is not resolving a AAAA record.
