Architecture change of 2.3.5-p1 with fresh install and restore fails

[sepp_huber]

Hi,

want to do an architecutre change of my 2.3.5-1 (i386) to 2.3.5 amd64.
Background: we have CARP setup running and first I want to change the architecture of the Backup node.
The Master and Backup node must run both an the 2.3.5-1 Version.

Before doing this I read this here carefully:
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Upgrade_Guide#Changing_architecture_.2832-bit_to_64-bit_or_vice_versa.29_during_upgrade

A backup of the 2.3.5-p1 i386 config is existing.
I have downloaded the 2.3.5 current Version for amd64 and started a fresh install.
The new installed system comes up with an 2.3.5 and not with 2.3.5-p1
The I started the restore of my config backup from 2.3.5-1 (i386) to the new amd64.
During the reboot it seems, that it installs almost everything new…( Remove 40 Packages

There is an error message after the first boot:

/etc/rc.initial: /etc/rc.banner: not found
/etc/rc.initial: /usr/local/sbin/read_global_var: not found

I can log in on the webconfigurator, but when I check for updates
"Unable to check for updates"
When I reboot the system it is complete broken!

The next try was to do an fresh install and da an upgrade to 2.3.5-p1 before the config restore.
I changed the repostory settings in the UI to "Legacy stable version (Security/Errata only 2.3.x)" and
After the upgrade the new installed system comes up with an 2.3.5-p1.
After the config restore it comes up again with 2.3.5 … strange.

But it ends in the same result ... the system is broken after reboot.

My repository directory looks like this:

lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  62 Jan 22 14:39 .conf -> /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-legacy-23.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  26 Oct 24 11:18 FreeBSD.conf
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  62 Jan 22 14:58 pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-legacy-23.conf

less /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf
FreeBSD: { enabled: no }

pfSense-core: {
  url: "pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_5_amd64-core",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signaqture_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

pfSense: {
  url: "pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_5_amd64-pfSense_v2_3_5",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

 uname -a
FreeBSD XXXXXXXXX 10.3-RELEASE-p26 FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p26 #1 00efe4d5333(RELENG_2_3): Mon Dec 11 08:14:03 CST 2017     root@ce23-amd64-builder:/builder/pfsense-235/tmp/obj/builder/pfsense-235/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense  amd64

It seems that pfsense is confused about the repositories

Any ideas?

[sepp_huber]

When system is complete disconnected and then the restore is done …
the selected repo is 2.4.2 in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf!

It seems that I cannot use the "old" 2.3. Version after a restore.

Is there a possibility to enforce this... I cannot find a switch in the config.xml?

[sepp_huber]

Got it  :P

In the config.xml there is a switch for the repo and it had the value

<pkg_repo_conf_path>/usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf</pkg_repo_conf_path>

… but in the UI it is configured as "Legacy stable version (Security/Errata only 2.3.x)"

When I change it to the legacy repo manually

<pkg_repo_conf_path>/usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-legacy-23.conf</pkg_repo_conf_path>

The restore of all areas then selects the right repo…

So in my opinion there is a bug in the backup of the repo configuration to config.xml.