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    Reinstall pfSense CE 2.9 while preserving the configuration - Need pfSense CE 209 installer ISO

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    • jhozeskaJ Offline
      jhozeska
      last edited by

      I was called into a firewall issue today. The firewall is working but I am unable to log into the GUI because of PHP errors. After collecting the details I searched the forums and finally plugged them into AI to get a recommendation to fix the issue.

      Here is the environment summary -
      Base: On hardware
      Kernel: FreeBSD 16 / pfSense 2.9
      Userland prompt: 2.8.1
      pfSense package: 2.8.1
      pfSense-repo: 2.8.1
      PHP: 8.3.19
      Composer dependencies: Require PHP ≥8.4
      Boot environment rollback: Not available

      The repair recommendation from AI is to reinstall pfSense CE 2.9 while preserving the configuration. But to do so I need the pfSense CE 2.9 installer ISO which I cannot locate.

      I do have good configuration backups but the hardware is no physically close to me. Can anyone help in telling me where I can find the installer?

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      • KOMK Offline
        KOM @jhozeska
        last edited by

        @jhozeska 2.9 is a beta that was just announced yesterday. You shouldn't be using it for anything important unless you're willing to deal with sharp edges.

        The last direct ISO you could grab was 2.7.2. You could use that to get yourself back to 2.8.1. Otherwise, your official option is to buy the Netgate Installer for $0 from the store and use it to download/install 2.8.1.

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        • jhozeskaJ Offline
          jhozeska
          last edited by

          Agreed. I'm not even sure how the kernel was upgrades as everything else is (was) running smooth with 2.8.1.

          The AI recommendation of booting to CE 2.9 seems to be a bust. Is there any other safe way to revert the kernel?

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          • jimpJ Offline
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            There were initially problems with the CE 2.9.0 upgrade due to a problem in pkg between the version on CE 2.8.1 and 2.9.0, so the upgrade repository was pulled for a bit while we fixed it, but it was all back up yesterday.

            Looks like yours hit the situation where it upgraded the kernel but failed to upgrade the rest of the system. If you tell it to upgrade again it should complete the upgrade OK as the problem was with the newer pkg running on the older kernel, but now you're on a 2.9.0 kernel, pkg should have no problems. Both have been patched now, but it shouldn't be hard to fix the situation yours is in without wiping it.

            If you want to reinstall, use the Netgate Installer from the store. It can reinstall CE 2.9.0 directly, as well as 2.8.1 if you prefer to stay on the previous version.

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            • jhozeskaJ Offline
              jhozeska @jimp
              last edited by

              @jimp Its good news that you know exactly what the problem is.

              To confirm I am understanding, can I just upgrade to CE 2.9 (Beta) through the GUI to resolve this safely?

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              • jimpJ Offline
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @jhozeska
                last edited by

                @jhozeska said in Reinstall pfSense CE 2.9 while preserving the configuration - Need pfSense CE 209 installer ISO:

                @jimp Its good news that you know exactly what the problem is.

                To confirm I am understanding, can I just upgrade to CE 2.9 (Beta) through the GUI to resolve this safely?

                Yes, that should be safe. Just tell it to upgrade again and it should end up fully on the latest 2.9.0 beta build.

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                  Knight @jimp
                  last edited by

                  @jimp I unfortunately did not have the time to track down what was broken when I updated from 2.8.1 to 2.9 this morning (August 8th, a day after your post) but it looked like my Intel based NICs were no longer working properly after the update.

                  I will try updating again when I am home alone for a few days to see if it was just a bad luck or a more important problem like a NIC card I have that is no longer supported or something like that.

                  Have a nice day!

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                  • stephenw10S Online
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Hmm, what NICs are those? Everything should be supported still AFAIK. More things in fact.

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                    • jhozeskaJ Offline
                      jhozeska @jimp
                      last edited by jhozeska

                      @jimp I attempted the upgrade through the GUI but it did not complete. It looks to be working but after it reboots but comes back to the same errors I have before. The GUI isn't fully working because the kernel is different than the version PHP is expecting. I also tested by pushing the upgrade from the CLI but get the same results. Here is output from an upgrade check.

                      [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx]/root: pfSense-upgrade -d -c

                      Updating repositories metadata...
                      Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
                      Fetching data: .......... done
                      Processing entries:
                      Processing entries............. done
                      FreeBSD-ports repository update completed. 37908 packages processed.
                      Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
                      FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
                      Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                      Fetching meta.conf: . done
                      Fetching data: . done
                      Processing entries: . done
                      pfSense-core repository update completed. 4 packages processed.
                      Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                      Fetching meta.conf: . done
                      Fetching data: .......... done
                      Processing entries: .......... done
                      pfSense repository update completed. 574 packages processed.
                      All repositories are up to date.
                      2.9.0.b.20260806.1750 version of pfSense is available
                      [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxxl]/root:

                      The environment details I posed before show the kernel being FreeBSD 16 / pfSense 2.9 but my CLI shows [2.8.1-RELEASE]. And my kernel does show FreeBSD 16.

                      [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx/root: uname -a
                      FreeBSD southfield-fw.xxx.xxx 16.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT #0 RELENG_2_9_0-n256132-d8e3138ecf52: Thu Aug 6 18:16:43 UTC 2026 root@pfsense-build-release-amd64-1.eng.atx.netgate.com:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-CE-snapshots-2_9_0-main/obj/amd64/h1bjZuKg/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-CE-snapshots-2_9_0-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-RELENG_2_9_0/amd64.amd64/sys/pfSense amd64
                      [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx]/root:

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                      • stephenw10S Online
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        What output is shown when you run pfSense-upgrade -d? How does it fail?

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                        • jhozeskaJ Offline
                          jhozeska @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10 said in Reinstall pfSense CE 2.9 while preserving the configuration - Need pfSense CE 209 installer ISO:

                          pfSense-upgrade -d

                          [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx]/root: pfSense-upgrade -d

                          Updating repositories metadata...
                          Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
                          Fetching meta.conf: . done
                          Fetching data: .......... done
                          Processing entries:
                          Processing entries............. done
                          FreeBSD-ports repository update completed. 37908 packages processed.
                          Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
                          Fetching meta.conf: . done
                          Fetching data: ..... done
                          Processing entries: .......... done
                          FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository update completed. 236 packages processed.
                          Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                          Fetching meta.conf: . done
                          Fetching data: . done
                          Processing entries: . done
                          pfSense-core repository update completed. 4 packages processed.
                          Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                          Fetching meta.conf: . done
                          Fetching data: .......... done
                          Processing entries: .......... done
                          pfSense repository update completed. 574 packages processed.
                          All repositories are up to date.

                          The following 106 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

                          New packages to be INSTALLED:
                          fontconfig: 2.17.1,1 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          freetype2: 2.14.3 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          graphite2: 1.3.15 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          libccid: 1.8.2 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          libfontenc: 1.1.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          pfSense-Status_Monitoring-php85: 1.9 [pfSense]
                          pfSense-system: 2.9.0.b.20260806.1750 [pfSense]
                          php85: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-bcmath: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-bz2: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-ctype: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-curl: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-dom: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-filter: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-gettext: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-gmp: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-intl: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-ldap: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-mbstring: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-openssl_x509_crl: 1.3_3 [pfSense]
                          php85-pcntl: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pdo: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pdo_sqlite: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pear: 1.10.18 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pear-Auth_RADIUS: 1.1.0_5 [pfSense]
                          php85-pear-Cache_Lite: 1.8.3,1 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pear-Crypt_CHAP: 1.5.0_2 [pfSense]
                          php85-pear-HTTP_Request2: 2.7.0,1 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pear-Mail: 2.0.0,1 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pear-Net_IPv6: 1.3.0.b4_2 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pear-Net_URL2: 2.2.3 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pear-XML_RPC2: 1.1.5 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pecl-mcrypt: 1.0.9 [pfSense]
                          php85-pecl-radius: 1.4.0b1_6 [pfSense]
                          php85-pecl-rrd: 2.0.3_2 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-pfSense-module: 2.9.0.b.20260806.1750 [pfSense]
                          php85-phpseclib: 2.0.17 [pfSense]
                          php85-posix: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-readline: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-session: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-shmop: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-simplexml: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-sockets: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-sqlite3: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-sysvmsg: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-sysvsem: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-sysvshm: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-tokenizer: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-xml: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-xmlreader: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-xmlwriter: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php85-zlib: 8.5.9 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          png: 1.6.58 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          tcl86: 8.6.18_1 [FreeBSD-ports]

                          Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
                          boost-libs: 1.86.0 -> 1.89.0_2 [pfSense]
                          glib-bootstrap: 2.86.4,2 -> 2.88.3,2 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          icu: 74.2_1,1 -> 76.1,1 [pfSense]
                          libxml2: 2.11.9 -> 2.15.3 [pfSense]
                          libxslt: 1.1.37_1 -> 1.1.45 [pfSense]
                          pfSense: 2.8.1 -> 2.9.0.b.20260806.1750 [pfSense]
                          pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel: 3.2.14_2 -> 3.2.17_1 [pfSense]
                          php83: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-bcmath: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-bz2: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-ctype: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-curl: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-dom: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-filter: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-gettext: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-gmp: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-intl: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-ldap: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-mbstring: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-opcache: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-pcntl: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-pdo: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-pdo_sqlite: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-pear: 1.10.13 -> 1.10.18 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-pear-HTTP_Request2: 2.6.0,1 -> 2.7.0,1 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-pear-Net_SMTP: 1.12.1 -> 1.12.2 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-pear-Net_URL2: 2.2.1 -> 2.2.3 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-pecl-rrd: 2.0.3_1 -> 2.0.3_2 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-posix: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-readline: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-session: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-shmop: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-simplexml: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-sockets: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-sqlite3: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-sysvmsg: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-sysvsem: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-sysvshm: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-tokenizer: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-xml: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-xmlreader: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-xmlwriter: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          php83-zlib: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]
                          rrdtool: 1.9.0 -> 1.9.0_1 [pfSense]

                          Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                          libargon2-20190702_1 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:16:amd64')
                          php83-pear-Cache_Lite-1.8.3,1 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:' -> 'FreeBSD:16:')
                          php83-pear-Mail-2.0.0,1 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:16:amd64')
                          php83-pear-Net_IPv6-1.3.0.b4_2 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:' -> 'FreeBSD:16:')
                          php83-pear-Net_Socket-1.2.2 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:' -> 'FreeBSD:16:')
                          php83-pear-XML_RPC2-1.1.5 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:' -> 'FreeBSD:16:')
                          php83-pecl-mcrypt-1.0.7 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:16:amd64')
                          php83-pecl-radius-1.4.0b1_3 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:15:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:16:amd64')

                          Number of packages to be installed: 54
                          Number of packages to be upgraded: 44
                          Number of packages to be reinstalled: 8

                          The process will require 112 MiB more space.
                          3 MiB to be downloaded.

                          **** WARNING ****
                          Reboot will be required!!
                          Proceed with upgrade? (y/N)

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                          • stephenw10S Online
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            OK so what happens if you enter Y there to proceed with the upgrade?

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                            • jhozeskaJ Offline
                              jhozeska @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10 It proceeds with the upgrade, reboots, and I'm back to the current environment.

                              Here is the environment summary -
                              Kernel: FreeBSD 16 / pfSense 2.9
                              Userland prompt: 2.8.1
                              pfSense package: 2.8.1
                              pfSense-repo: 2.8.1
                              PHP: 8.3.19
                              Composer dependencies: Require PHP ≥8.4

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                              • stephenw10S Online
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                OK so then it presumably fails to upgrade and should show some failure in the upgrade log or at the console during the upgrade?

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                                • jhozeskaJ Offline
                                  jhozeska @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10 The only error logs I see are related to PHP not being the correct version. (see below)

                                  Where can I find the upgrade logging from the CLI? I am not finding it through the GUI

                                  PHP {$errortype}s
                                  PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/pkg/syslog-ng.inc, Line: 384, Message: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function logger() in /usr/local/pkg/syslog-ng.inc:384
                                  Stack trace:
                                  #0 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(715) : eval()'d code(1): syslogng_resync()
                                  #1 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(715): eval()
                                  #2 /etc/rc.start_packages(66): sync_package()
                                  #3 {main}
                                  thrown @ 2026-08-09 07:49:59
                                  PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/composer/platform_check.php, Line: 22, Message: Uncaught RuntimeException: Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 8.4.0". You are running 8.3.19. in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/composer/platform_check.php:22
                                  Stack trace:
                                  #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/composer/autoload_real.php(25): require()
                                  #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/autoload.php(22): ComposerAutoloaderInitc79a7dac55f2962b16f0419d5f63472d::getLoader()
                                  #2 /usr/local/www/widgets/include/disks.inc(22): require_once('/usr/local/pfSe...')
                                  #3 /usr/local/www/index.php(81): include_once('/usr/local/www/...')
                                  #4 {main}
                                  thrown @ 2026-08-09 07:51:36
                                  PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/composer/platform_check.php, Line: 22, Message: Uncaught RuntimeException: Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 8.4.0". You are running 8.3.19. in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/composer/platform_check.php:22
                                  Stack trace:
                                  #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/composer/autoload_real.php(25): require()
                                  #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/autoload.php(22): ComposerAutoloaderInitc79a7dac55f2962b16f0419d5f63472d::getLoader()
                                  #2 /usr/local/www/widgets/include/disks.inc(22): require_once('/usr/local/pfSe...')
                                  #3 /usr/local/www/index.php(81): include_once('/usr/local/www/...')
                                  #4 {main}
                                  thrown @ 2026-08-10 12:02:41

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                                  • jhozeskaJ Offline
                                    jhozeska @jhozeska
                                    last edited by

                                    Could it still be something with a pkg manager mismatch?

                                    [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx]/root: pkg-static clean -ay
                                    pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended
                                    Nothing to do.
                                    [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx]/root: pkg bootstrap -f
                                    The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
                                    Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
                                    Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:16:amd64/latest, please wait...
                                    Verifying signature with trusted certificate pkg.freebsd.org.2013102301... done
                                    pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended
                                    Installing pkg-2.8.1_1...
                                    pkg-static: wrong architecture: FreeBSD:16:amd64 instead of FreeBSD:15:amd64
                                    package pkg is already installed, forced install
                                    Extracting pkg-2.8.1_1: 100%
                                    [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx]/root:

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                                    • stephenw10S Online
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      Nope that mismatch is expected across a version upgrade like this. The php errors are also expected.

                                      If you run pkg upgrade but don't agree to the upgrades what pkgs are you offered?

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                                      • jhozeskaJ Offline
                                        jhozeska @stephenw10
                                        last edited by

                                        @stephenw10 [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx]/root: pkg upgrade
                                        pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg bootstrap -f" rec ommended
                                        Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
                                        FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
                                        Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
                                        FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
                                        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                        Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2 kB/s 00:01
                                        Fetching data: 100% 1632 B 1.6 kB/s 00:01
                                        Processing entries: 100%
                                        pfSense-core repository update completed. 4 packages processed.
                                        Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                        Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2 kB/s 00:01
                                        Fetching data: 100% 185 KiB 189.0 kB/s 00:01
                                        Processing entries: 0%
                                        Newer FreeBSD version for package wol:
                                        To ignore this error set IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes

                                        • package: 1500029
                                        • running userland: 1500000
                                          Ignore the mismatch and continue? [y/N]:

                                        If I ignore the mismatch, will it trigger the upgrade including reboot?

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                                        • stephenw10S Online
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Ah, yes you should be able to agree to accept the version mismatch to see the list but not actually upgrade them. We just want to see what packages it thinks are not up to date.

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                                          • jhozeskaJ Offline
                                            jhozeska @stephenw10
                                            last edited by

                                            @stephenw10 [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@southfield-fw.xxx.xxx]/root: pkg upgrade
                                            Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
                                            FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
                                            Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
                                            FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
                                            Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                            Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2 kB/s 00:01
                                            Fetching data: 100% 1632 B 1.6 kB/s 00:01
                                            Processing entries: 100%
                                            pfSense-core repository update completed. 4 packages processed.
                                            Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                            Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2 kB/s 00:01
                                            Fetching data: 100% 185 KiB 189.0 kB/s 00:01
                                            Processing entries: 0%
                                            Newer FreeBSD version for package wol:
                                            To ignore this error set IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes

                                            • package: 1500029
                                            • running userland: 1500000
                                              Ignore the mismatch and continue? [y/N]: y
                                              Processing entries: 100%
                                              pfSense repository update completed. 540 packages processed.
                                              All repositories are up to date.
                                              Checking for upgrades (228 candidates): 100%
                                              Processing candidates (228 candidates): 100%
                                              Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
                                              pkg: Cannot remove php83: required by vital package pfSense
                                              The following 179 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

                                            New packages to be INSTALLED:
                                            e2fsprogs-libuuid: 1.47.1 [pfSense]
                                            harfbuzz: 14.2.1 [FreeBSD-ports]
                                            libinotify: 20240724_3 [FreeBSD-ports]
                                            py311-setuptools: 63.1.0_3 [FreeBSD-ports]

                                            Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
                                            glib-bootstrap: 2.86.4,2 -> 2.88.3,2 [FreeBSD-ports]
                                            haproxy: 3.2.19 -> 3.4.3 [FreeBSD-ports]
                                            libuuid: 2.42.1 -> 2.42.2 [FreeBSD-ports]
                                            php83: 8.3.19 -> 8.3.33 [FreeBSD-ports]

                                            Installed packages to be DOWNGRADED:
                                            abseil: 20250127.1_1 -> 20240722.0 [pfSense]
                                            bind-tools: 9.20.23 -> 9.20.6 [pfSense]
                                            brotli: 1.2.0,1 -> 1.1.0,1 [pfSense]
                                            ca_root_nss: 3.124 -> 3.104_1 [pfSense]
                                            cpu-microcode-amd: 20251202 -> 20241121 [pfSense]
                                            cpu-microcode-intel: 20260512_1 -> 20250211 [pfSense]
                                            curl: 8.20.0 -> 8.11.0_1 [pfSense]
                                            cyrus-sasl: 2.1.28_5 -> 2.1.28_1 [pfSense]
                                            dbus: 1.16.2_4,1 -> 1.14.10_5,1 [pfSense]
                                            dhcpcd: 10.3.2 -> 10.2.0 [pfSense]
                                            dmidecode: 3.7 -> 3.6 [pfSense]
                                            dnsmasq: 2.93,1 -> 2.90_4,1 [pfSense]
                                            dpinger: 3.6 -> 3.3 [pfSense]
                                            duktape-lib: 2.7.0_1 -> 2.7.0 [pfSense]
                                            expat: 2.8.2 -> 2.7.1 [pfSense]
                                            gettext-runtime: 1.0_1 -> 0.22.5 [pfSense]
                                            glib: 2.86.4,2 -> 2.80.5_1,2 [pfSense]
                                            gnugrep: 3.12 -> 3.11 [pfSense]
                                            hostapd: 2.11_3 -> 2.11_1 [pfSense]
                                            igmpproxy: 0.4_3,1 -> 0.4_2,1 [pfSense]
                                            indexinfo: 0.3.1_1 -> 0.3.1 [pfSense]
                                            iperf3: 3.21 -> 3.18 [pfSense]
                                            ipmitool: 1.8.19_3 -> 1.8.19_2 [pfSense]
                                            iprange: 2.0.0_1 -> 1.0.4_2 [pfSense]
                                            isc-dhcp44-client: 4.4.3P1_2 -> 4.4.3P1_1 [pfSense]
                                            ivykis: 0.43.2_1 -> 0.43.2 [pfSense]
                                            jq: 1.8.1 -> 1.7.1 [pfSense]
                                            kea: 3.0.4 -> 2.6.2 [pfSense]
                                            ldns: 1.9.2 -> 1.8.4 [pfSense]
                                            libedit: 3.1.20260512,1 -> 3.1.20240808,1 [pfSense]
                                            libffi: 3.5.2 -> 3.4.6 [pfSense]
                                            libgcrypt: 1.12.2 -> 1.11.0 [pfSense]
                                            libgpg-error: 1.61 -> 1.50 [pfSense]
                                            libiconv: 1.18_1 -> 1.17_1 [pfSense]
                                            libidn2: 2.3.8 -> 2.3.7 [pfSense]
                                            libltdl: 2.5.4 -> 2.4.7 [pfSense]
                                            liblz4: 1.10.0_2,1 -> 1.10.0,1 [pfSense]
                                            libmaxminddb: 1.13.3 -> 1.12.2 [pfSense]
                                            libnghttp2: 1.69.0 -> 1.64.0 [pfSense]
                                            libpfctl: 0.17 -> 0.15 [pfSense]
                                            libpsl: 0.21.5_2 -> 0.21.5_1 [pfSense]
                                            libsodium: 1.0.22 -> 1.0.19 [pfSense]
                                            libucl: 0.9.4 -> 0.9.2_1 [pfSense]
                                            libunistring: 1.4.2 -> 1.2 [pfSense]
                                            liburcu: 0.15.3 -> 0.14.0 [pfSense]
                                            libuv: 1.52.1 -> 1.49.2 [pfSense]
                                            lighttpd: 1.4.83 -> 1.4.76 [pfSense]
                                            links: 2.30_1,1 -> 2.30,1 [pfSense]
                                            log4cplus: 2.1.2 -> 2.1.1 [pfSense]
                                            logrotate: 3.22.0 -> 3.13.0_2 [pfSense]
                                            lua-resty-core: 0.1.32 -> 0.1.29 [pfSense]
                                            lua-resty-lrucache: 0.15 -> 0.13 [pfSense]
                                            lua54: 5.4.8 -> 5.4.7 [pfSense]
                                            luajit-openresty: 2.1.20250826 -> 2.1.20241104 [pfSense]
                                            lzo2: 2.10_2 -> 2.10_1 [pfSense]
                                            miniupnpd: 2.3.9_1,1 -> 2.3.7,1 [pfSense]
                                            mobile-broadband-provider-info: 20251101 -> 20240407 [pfSense]
                                            mpdecimal: 4.0.1 -> 4.0.0 [pfSense]
                                            nettle: 3.10.2 -> 3.10.1 [pfSense]
                                            nginx: 1.30.4,3 -> 1.26.3,3 [pfSense]
                                            oniguruma: 6.9.10 -> 6.9.9 [pfSense]
                                            openldap26-client: 2.6.13 -> 2.6.9 [pfSense]
                                            opensc: 0.27.0 -> 0.26.0 [pfSense]
                                            openvpn: 2.7.5 -> 2.6.20 [pfSense]
                                            pcre2: 10.47_1 -> 10.43 [pfSense]
                                            pcsc-lite: 2.5.1,2 -> 2.3.0,2 [pfSense]
                                            perl5: 5.42.2 -> 5.36.3_2 [pfSense]
                                            pkcs11-helper: 1.31.0 -> 1.29.0_3 [pfSense]
                                            polkit: 127 -> 125 [pfSense]
                                            protobuf: 29.6,1 -> 28.3,1 [pfSense]
                                            protobuf-c: 1.5.1_4 -> 1.4.1_7 [pfSense]
                                            py311-packaging: 26.2 -> 24.2 [pfSense]
                                            py311-sqlite3: 3.11.15_10 -> 3.11.11_8 [pfSense]
                                            python311: 3.11.15_3 -> 3.11.11 [pfSense]
                                            readline: 8.3.3 -> 8.2.13_2 [pfSense]
                                            rsync: 3.4.4 -> 3.4.0 [pfSense]
                                            smartmontools: 7.5_2 -> 7.4_2 [pfSense]
                                            sqlite3: 3.53.1,1 -> 3.46.1,1 [pfSense]
                                            strongswan: 6.0.7 -> 5.9.14 [pfSense]
                                            syslog-ng: 4.11.0_2 -> 4.8.1_3 [pfSense]
                                            unbound: 1.25.2 -> 1.24.2 [pfSense]
                                            wpa_supplicant: 2.11_7 -> 2.11_2 [pfSense]
                                            xxhash: 0.8.3 -> 0.8.2_1 [pfSense]
                                            zstd: 1.5.7_2 -> 1.5.6 [pfSense]

                                            Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                                            beep-1.0_2 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            boost-libs-1.86.0 [pfSense]
                                            bsnmp-regex-0.6_4 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            bsnmp-ucd-0.4.5_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            choparp-20150613_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            cpdup-1.22_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            cpu-microcode-1.0_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:' -> 'FreeBSD:15:')
                                            cpu-microcode-rc-1.0_2 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:' -> 'FreeBSD:15:')
                                            cpustats-0.1_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            dhcp6-20080615.2_4 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            drm-515-kmod-5.15.160.1500029_2 [pfSense]
                                            expiretable-0.6_3 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            fstrm-0.6.1_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            gmp-6.3.0 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            grepcidr-2.0_1 [pfSense]
                                            icu-74.2_1,1 [pfSense]
                                            iftop-1.0.p4_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            isc-dhcp44-relay-4.4.3P1_4 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            isc-dhcp44-server-4.4.3P1_5 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            json-c-0.18 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            jsoncpp-1.9.6_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            libmcrypt-2.5.8_4 [pfSense]
                                            libssh2-1.11.1,3 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            libxml2-2.11.9 [pfSense]
                                            libxslt-1.1.37_1 [pfSense]
                                            lua53-5.3.6_1 [pfSense]
                                            minicron-0.0.2 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            mpd5-5.9_18 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            nss_ldap-1.265_15 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            ntp-4.2.8p18_5 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            openvpn-auth-script-1.0.0.3 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            pam_ldap-186_2 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            pam_mkhomedir-0.2_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            pfSense-2.8.1 [pfSense] (Vital flag changed: 'true' -> 'false')
                                            pfSense-pkg-net-snmp-0.1.5_16 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            pftop-0.13 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            php83-bcmath-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-bz2-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-ctype-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-curl-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-dom-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-filter-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-gettext-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-gmp-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-intl-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-ldap-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-mbstring-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-opcache-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pcntl-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pdo-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pdo_sqlite-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pear-1.10.13 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pear-HTTP_Request2-2.6.0,1 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pear-Mail-2.0.0,1 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pear-Net_SMTP-1.12.1 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pear-Net_URL2-2.2.1 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pecl-radius-1.4.0b1_3 [pfSense]
                                            php83-pecl-rrd-2.0.3_1 [pfSense]
                                            php83-posix-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-readline-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-session-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-shmop-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-simplexml-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-sockets-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-sqlite3-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-sysvmsg-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-sysvsem-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-sysvshm-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-tokenizer-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-xml-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-xmlreader-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-xmlwriter-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            php83-zlib-8.3.19 [pfSense]
                                            popt-1.19_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            py312-packaging-26.2 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:' -> 'FreeBSD:15:')
                                            python312-3.12.13_3 [FreeBSD-ports] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            qstats-0.2 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            radvd-2.20 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            rate-0.9_4 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            rrdtool-1.9.0 [pfSense]
                                            scponly-4.8.20110526_8 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            uclcmd-0.2.20211204 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            voucher-0.1_3 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            vstr-1.0.15_2 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            whois-5.5.7_1 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            wol-0.7.1_5 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')
                                            xinetd-2.3.15_3 [pfSense] (ABI changed: 'FreeBSD:16:amd64' -> 'FreeBSD:15:amd64')

                                            Number of packages to be installed: 4
                                            Number of packages to be upgraded: 4
                                            Number of packages to be reinstalled: 87
                                            Number of packages to be downgraded: 84

                                            The process will require 17 MiB more space.
                                            304 MiB to be downloaded.

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