ERROR: Error trying to get packages list. Aborting…

NOYB

Been seeing this for a while now (couple weeks or so) at end of boot up on both 2.4 and 2.3.

ERROR: Error trying to get packages list. Aborting…
pkg: No package(s) matching pfSense-pkg-*

jimp

Is your local pkg repo configured to look at somewhere else? Maybe you have the FreeBSD repository enabled?

NOYB

If it is don't know how it would have changed. And on both system s at the same time after an update on the same day. I never intentionally changed it on either system. Guess I should have made a note about which day it started.

Is that the repository url option found under the update settings?

If so it is still set where it's always been. git://github.com/NOYB/pfsense.git
Which has up to date copies of the pfSense branches I use: master, RELENG_2_3, RELENG_2_3_2

jimp

No that would be the repository configuration in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/

NOYB

Here's what I have. Anything look wrong?

/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf


FreeBSD: { enabled: no  }

Link:
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf
/usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-devel.conf


FreeBSD: { enabled: no }

pfSense-core: {
  url: "pkg+https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-core",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

pfSense: {
  url: "pkg+https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-pfSense_devel",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

Same for 2.3 but it's url's.

/usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-devel.conf
url: "pkg+https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_v2_3_i386-core",
url: "pkg+https://beta.pfsense.org/packages/pfSense_v2_3_i386-pfSense_v2_3",

jimp

Hmm, looks right

NOYB

Found it.

The following commit in this PR:
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/pull/3157

Allow get_pkg_info() to fallback on "pkg info" for local pkgs if "pkg search" cannot access a local catalog copy #3157

get_pkg_info() fallback using pkg info if no local copy of repo catalog

master
Commit hash: e47af756de79d4e8b0356cf22f72f62f09e9ad7d

RELENG_2_3
Commit hash: 46237e23f35db70a917939609061dce7b7f955f9
(cherry picked from commit e47af756de79d4e8b0356cf22f72f62f09e9ad7d)

Reverting this commit eliminates the error.

rbgarga

It's now reverted, thanks!

stilez

Issue found and updated PR submitted #3418.