[RESOLVED] 2.2.6 to 2.3 beta upgrade full install package issues

jimp

What does "pkg info" show?

Try something like this:

pkg update -f
pkg install -f pfSense

xbipin

pkg info shows below, trying the other commands

arc-5.21p                      Create & extract files from DOS .ARC files
arj-3.10.22_4                  Open source implementation of the ARJ archiver
c-icap-0.3.5_2,2               ICAP server implementation
c-icap-modules-0.3.2_5         c-icap modules virus_scan and srv_url_check
ca_root_nss-3.22               Root certificate bundle from the Mozilla Project
clamav-0.99                    Command line virus scanner written entirely in C
curl-7.47.0                    Non-interactive tool to get files from FTP, GOPHER, HTTP(S) servers
cyrus-sasl-2.1.26_12           RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer)
freetype2-2.6.2                Free and portable TrueType font rendering engine
gettext-runtime-0.19.6         GNU gettext runtime libraries and programs
indexinfo-0.2.4                Utility to regenerate the GNU info page index
jbigkit-2.1_1                  Lossless compression for bi-level images such as scanned pages, faxes
jpeg-turbo-1.4.2               SIMD-accelerated JPEG codec which replaces libjpeg
json-c-0.12_2                  JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) implementation in C
krb5-1.14                      Authentication system developed at MIT, successor to Kerberos IV
lha-1.14i_6                    Archive files using LZSS and Huffman compression (.lzh files)
libgd-2.1.0_7,1                Graphics library for fast creation of images
libltdl-2.4.6                  System independent dlopen wrapper
libxml2-2.9.3                  XML parser library for GNOME
lightsquid-1.8_4               Light and fast web based squid proxy traffic analyser
lighttpd-1.4.38                Secure, fast, compliant, and flexible Web Server
openldap-client-2.4.44         Open source LDAP client implementation
p5-GD-2.56_2                   Perl5 interface to Gd Graphics Library version2
pcre-8.37_4                    Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
perl5-5.20.3_8                 Practical Extraction and Report Language
pfSense-pkg-Cron-0.3.6_1       pfSense package Cron
pfSense-pkg-Lightsquid-3.0.2   pfSense package Lightsquid
pfSense-pkg-squid-0.4.15       pfSense package squid
pfSense-repo-devel-2.3.b.20160302.0550 pfSense pkg repository configuration (devel)
pkgconf-0.9.12_1               Utility to help to configure compiler and linker flags
png-1.6.20                     Library for manipulating PNG images
squid-3.5.15                   HTTP Caching Proxy
squid_radius_auth-1.10         RADIUS authenticator for squid proxy 2.5 and later
squidclamav-6.13               Clamav c-icap service and redirector for Squid
tiff-4.0.6_1                   Tools and library routines for working with TIFF images
unzoo-4.4_2                    ZOO archive extractor

xbipin

i tried the pkg install -f pfsense and it installed everything but it seems the system is in more mess as whenever i login into console using SSH i get a ton of lines saying warning module xxxx already loaded

is there any way i can update the system to latest snap using the upgrade from file method used in 2.2.6 etc to come back to a factory state without having to to reinstall as this machine is thousands of kms away

jimp

No, there is not a way to reapply an old style firmware.

Most likely it is fine now, though the extensions.ini may need some cleanup. I don't think our code would clean up after that sort of mess.

Try this:

sort -u /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini > /tmp/extensions.ini
mv /tmp/extensions.ini /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini

xbipin

thanks, that fixed the warnings but option 13 to update still gives issues

Enter an option: 13

pkg: No package(s) matching pfSense-kernel-*

jimp

try this:

pkg install -f pfSense-kernel-pfSense

xbipin

after that even option 13 gives

Enter an option: 13

>>> Updating repositories metadata...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up-to-date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up-to-date.
All repositories are up-to-date.
return: Illegal number: -1
Your packages are up to date

jimp

You would be up-to-date until a new snap comes out – the pkg install commands would have pulled the latest from the repo. Give it a bit until a new update comes out and then see what happens.

jimp

Tried this locally, breaking the pkg db intentionally, and this got things going again:


/bin/mkdir -p /var/db/pkg/ /root/var/db/pkg/
/usr/sbin/pkg update -f
/usr/sbin/pkg install -yf pkg pfSense pfSense-kernel-pfSense
sort -u /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini > /tmp/extensions.ini
mv /tmp/extensions.ini /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini

xbipin

i tried today option 13 and it did update the system so seems fine now but saving in squid causes the page to timeout. i tried clearing squid cache, reinstalling but its same still, what could be wrong, no errors come up in log even

xbipin

even after updating to latest snap the dashboard says this

2.3-BETA (i386)
built on Tue Mar 01 05:40:01 CST 2016
FreeBSD 10.3-BETA3

also when i try to install pfsense-kernel-pfsense pkg i keep getting this, the first time it installed but now it says the below

Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up-to-date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up-to-date.
All repositories are up-to-date.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'pfSense-kernel-pfSense' have been found in the repositories

xbipin

any snap update still doesnt increment the build on date so no idea if its even updating, but in summary i think upgrades from 2.2.6 to 2.3 with packages installed would be deadly, other than packages the system updates just fine.

xbipin

just an addition to this, the dashboard wasnt showing proper build dates and some of the GUI components were not updating, i even did a gitsync, the thing that resolved all that was by using the below modified commands given by jimp, use this if u messed up the pkg db or deleted the db during upgrade from 2.2.6 to 2.3 on a full install, hope it helps others

/bin/mkdir -p /var/db/pkg/ /root/var/db/pkg/
/usr/sbin/pkg update -f
/usr/sbin/pkg install -yf pkg pfSense pfSense-kernel-pfSense pfSense-base pfSense-default-config
sort -u /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini > /tmp/extensions.ini
mv /tmp/extensions.ini /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini

this even gets rid of the below message during option 13 from console

return: Illegal number: -1

it even fixes GUI update saying cant retrieve system version

papadeeh

For me, the above fixes the ability to update through option 13.
The webgui still says that it is not able to check for updates and the build information shows "built on Tue Mar 01 23:43:51 CST 2016" allthough it did update.
The problems for me started when I enabled the ramdrives, so no update from an older version.

xbipin

there is a redmine related to ramdisk so no idea if the above would solve that, installing the pfsense-base package solved the GUI not showing updates for me.
u can run the above commands again and see if it solves for u, it wont harm the system but if something is broken it might fix it