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    Installed packages to be REMOVED

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • BismarckB
      Bismarck
      last edited by

      From time to time I manually run:

      pkg update; pkg upgrade

      just to o see if there any packages to update

      [root@pfSense~]$ pkg update; pkg upgrade
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.txz: 100%    944 B   0.9kB/s    00:01
Fetching packagesite.txz: 100%  138 KiB 140.9kB/s    00:01
Processing entries: 100%
pfSense repository update completed. 518 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
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.
Updating database digests format: 100%
Checking for upgrades (9 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (9 candidates): 100%
The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be REMOVED:
        pfSense-2.4.4_3
        bind-tools-9.12.2P1

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
        pfSense-Status_Monitoring: 1.7.10 -> 1.7.11 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be removed: 2
Number of packages to be upgraded: 1

The operation will free 39 MiB.
17 KiB to be downloaded.

Proceed with this action? [y/N]: n

      but this one looks like a system killer, right?

      3f0c1775-95a4-49f8-8ecf-140a0017ee35-image.png
      No extra repos, just pfSense.

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      • KOMK
        KOM
        last edited by

        No idea what it's doing there, but I usually check via System - Package Manager. That way you not only get to see new packages at a glance, but there are links to release notes etc that you should ALWAYS read before blindly applying. Some users have asked for a dashboard widget that alerts on installed package updates but I don't think anything has been done there.

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        • BismarckB
          Bismarck
          last edited by

          @Bismarck said in Installed packages to be REMOVED:

          pfSense-2.4.4_3

          Any idea, how I can check what is triggering pkg to remove it?

          pkg update; pkg upgrade was always way more stable and safe installing updates as System - Package Manager, at least for me but this one scares me.

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan @KOM
            last edited by

            @KOM said in Installed packages to be REMOVED:

            Some users have asked for a dashboard widget that alerts on installed package updates but I don't think anything has been done there

            b72af8d4-70f9-4a4a-b2b3-19e2fa364e0d-image.png

            Not right now, but this (a dashboard widget ?! ) does show me when an update is available.
            True : no mail notification.

            @KOM said in Installed packages to be REMOVED:

            you should ALWAYS read before

            Except for those who love to deal with new ( unknown ) bugs instead of the old ones.

            @Bismarck said in Installed packages to be REMOVED:

            Installed packages to be REMOVED:
            pfSense-2.4.4_3

            I agree. That's ... strange.

            Btw : I just ran the same commands :

            [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: pkg upgrade
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): 100%
Processing candidates (1 candidates): 100%
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
        pfSense-Status_Monitoring: 1.7.7 -> 1.7.11 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1

17 KiB to be downloaded.

Proceed with this action? [y/N]: Y
[1/1] Fetching pfSense-Status_Monitoring-1.7.11.txz: 100%   17 KiB  17.3kB/s    00:01
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/1] Upgrading pfSense-Status_Monitoring from 1.7.7 to 1.7.11...
[1/1] Extracting pfSense-Status_Monitoring-1.7.11: 100%

            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            • KOMK
              KOM
              last edited by

              Yes but that monstrosity takes up wayyyy too much screen space. Just an alert or something would be enough, or perhaps have that widget have a collapse mode where it just shows you a summary: "7 packages installed, 2 have updates" or something, then you click it and it expands to show you the list with updates highlighted.

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              • BismarckB
                Bismarck
                last edited by

                Just updating pfSense-Status_Monitoring, looks safe

                [root@pfSense~]$ pkg install pfSense-Status_Monitoring
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.
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
        pfSense-Status_Monitoring: 1.7.10 -> 1.7.11 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1

17 KiB to be downloaded.

Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Fetching pfSense-Status_Monitoring-1.7.11.txz: 100%   17 KiB  17.3kB/s    00:01
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/1] Upgrading pfSense-Status_Monitoring from 1.7.7 to 1.7.11...
[1/1] Extracting pfSense-Status_Monitoring-1.7.11: 100%

                and now pkg update ; pkg upgrade again too

                [root@pfSense~]$ pkg update ; pkg upgrade
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.
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.
Updating database digests format: 100%
Checking for upgrades (8 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (8 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.

                👷

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  If it's trying to remove the pfSense package then the pkg solver must believe something your installed packages or the pending upgrade has a conflict.

                  You might do pkg upgrade -f pfSense to reinstall the meta package and then see what happens.

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                  • BismarckB
                    Bismarck @jimp
                    last edited by

                    @jimp said in Installed packages to be REMOVED:

                    pkg upgrade -f pfSense

                    Hi jimp, how safe is it to run this on a productive machine? At the moment all looks fine, maybe pkg had just a little hiccup.

                    Thanks.

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      That's just the meta-pkg, it doesn't do much on its own. It pulls in the other packages as dependencies.

                      This is all it contains:

                      [2.4.4-RELEASE][root@rose.lab.jimp.pw]/root: pkg info -l pfSense
pfSense-2.4.4_3:
	/etc/version.patch
	/usr/local/share/licenses/pfSense-2.4.4_3/APACHE20
	/usr/local/share/licenses/pfSense-2.4.4_3/LICENSE
	/usr/local/share/licenses/pfSense-2.4.4_3/catalog.mk

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                      • kiokomanK
                        kiokoman LAYER 8
                        last edited by

                        uhm 1.7.11 was my doing, a trivial patch to permit uppercase name for the tabs on status monitoring
                        https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/662
                        idk but i don't think it can't be that
                        I just ran the same commands on my 2.4.4-p3 and i had same results of @Gertjan. so all fine here

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