2.3.1_1 update?

jdillard

Can someone confirm whether or not this update requires a reboot? Many people have asked, yet no official answer has been given. Thanks!

EDIT: I took one for the team. A REBOOT IS REQUIRED. The kernel gets upgraded.

It's mentioned in the blog post: https://blog.pfsense.org/?p=2068

That's the "official" place for release announcements and trickles down from there into the wiki and redmine logs.

kejianshi

I did mention that I rebooted right? 3x now (just to be sure). Does it need to be physically unplugged or kicked or something also?

jdillard

Might be something with cache? I believe cmb commented on something similar here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/4l28xy/dashboard_shows_update_available_but_system/d3jsotv?context=3

kejianshi

Not any cache problem I can figure out. I even tried it on a separate browser I never use for anything (should not have anything pfsense related in cache)

Could it be because my box is using IPV6 vs. IPV4 or something?

Its really not the end of the world because I can manually update from a file I download any time I like. Its just an annoyance thats all.

EDIT: Maybe I can't just update from a file the way I used to. Looks like the option has been eliminated in 2.3?

dennypage

Strange. Did a moderator put a thank you in for me?

NOYB

@kejianshi:

EDIT: Maybe I can't just update from a file the way I used to. Looks like the option has been eliminated in 2.3?

Does console option 13 work?

kejianshi

Didn't even look at console - I did go back and read the notes again for 2.3 and it says that files like that will be kept online for before 2.3 but not after 2.3

Anyway - Not a big deal for me right now. So long as 2.3.2 will update properly when its available I won't worry much about the _1s and _2s etc.

dennypage

Okay, now you're just having fun with me…

:)

jdillard

haha. I thought you were so I was just playing along. AFAIK, admins can't do anything "as a user".

cmb

@kejianshi:

Didn't even look at console - I did go back and read the notes again for 2.3 and it says that files like that will be kept online for before 2.3 but not after 2.3

Anyway - Not a big deal for me right now. So long as 2.3.2 will update properly when its available I won't worry much about the _1s and _2s etc.

Anything that would make it not upgrade to an update version will affect maintenance release versions as well. Try option 13 at the console, what's that do?

kejianshi

It updated. And thats nice and all - but…. So, why was that necessary? Any idea?

cmb

@kejianshi:

It updated. And thats nice and all - but…. So, why was that necessary? Any idea?

That runs effectively the same command, I was expecting it'd spit out something useful as to what the issue was.

You keep the console log by chance? Or if you can send me a copy of /conf/upgrade_log.txt that will hopefully show something useful.

kejianshi

Nope - Nothing. No messages. Just worked. Very strange.

I tried to update a dozen times after several days and several reboots and immediately before updating from console also - same result…

Updated with option 13 at console and it just updated with no fuss.

The reason I don't tend to get into the console on this machine much is because its very far away. Don't want to break it playing.

Anyway - Thanks for the tip. Worked fine. Hope I don't have to do that every time.

kejianshi

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.
Unlocking package pfSense-kernel-pfSense... done.
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
pfSense: 2.3.1 -> 2.3.1_1 [pfSense]

3 KiB to be downloaded.

**** WARNING ****
Reboot will be required!!
Proceed with upgrade? (y/N) >>> Downloading upgrade packages…
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.
Checking for upgrades (1 candidates): . done
Processing candidates (1 candidates): . done
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
pfSense: 2.3.1 -> 2.3.1_1 [pfSense]

3 KiB to be downloaded.
Fetching pfSense-2.3.1_1.txz: . done
Checking integrity… done (0 conflicting)
Upgrade is complete. Rebooting in 10 seconds.

Locking package pfSense-kernel-pfSense... done.
Upgrading necessary packages...
Checking for upgrades (1 candidates): . done
Processing candidates (1 candidates): . done
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
pfSense: 2.3.1 -> 2.3.1_1 [pfSense]
[1/1] Upgrading pfSense from 2.3.1 to 2.3.1_1…
[1/1] Extracting pfSense-2.3.1_1: …. done

Removing unnecessary packages... done.
Cleanup pkg cache... done.