XG-7100 on 22.01 (DEVEL) - Unable to check for updates since November 5 - repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings

victorhooi

I have a Netgate XG-7100, running the Netgate pfSense Plus 22.01 DEVEL branch.

It's currently on the November 05, 2021 build:

22.01-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Fri Nov 05 05:21:41 UTC 2021
FreeBSD 12.3-PRERELEASE

However, when I go to Update, it says unable to check for update.

If I try to do an update from the CLI, I get:

Enter an option: 13

>>> Updating repositories metadata...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pkg-static: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/beta/packages/pfSense_plus-master_amd64-core/meta.conf -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg-static: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/beta/packages/pfSense_plus-master_amd64-core/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
pkg-static: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/beta/packages/pfSense_plus-master_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg-static: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/beta/packages/pfSense_plus-master_amd64-core/packagesite.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pkg-static: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/beta/packages/pfSense_plus-master_amd64-pfSense_plus_devel/meta.conf -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg-static: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/beta/packages/pfSense_plus-master_amd64-pfSense_plus_devel/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
pkg-static: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/beta/packages/pfSense_plus-master_amd64-pfSense_plus_devel/packagesite.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg-static: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/beta/packages/pfSense_plus-master_amd64-pfSense_plus_devel/packagesite.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!
ERROR: Unable to compare version of pfSense-repo
Netgate 7100 - Serial: 1436180422 - Netgate Device ID: 12b1c2a76aec5bee45e5

Does anybody know what's going on?

stephenw10

Yes, it looks like there was an issue with last nights pkg updates.

Either run this command:

sed -i '' -e 's/%%MIRROR_TYPE%%/srv/; s/%%SIGNATURE_TYPE%%/fingerprints/' /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-devel.conf

Or toggle the repo branch to previous version and then back to development snapshots which will re-fetch the, now correct, file.

Steve

victorhooi

@stephenw10 I can confirm that the sed command worked - Thanks Stephen!

(Toggling the update repo between different ones, and back did not work).

Will we need to do the sed command on every single XG-7100, or will it fix itself over time?

stephenw10

Toggling the repo should work. It may not have refreshed the pkg if you did it too quickly.

Any device that is running a development snapshot and pulled the bad repo details at that time will need to be corrected manually.

Steve