Openvpn/pfblocker client package (re) install failure

iamzam

I just upgraded to the latest snapshot through the auto update feature which re-installs all of the packages upon first reboot.

I have had problems many times with the packages not re-installing, and when I log into the admin web page I get the large red block saying not to make any changes, packages are installing, but this will never go away. I have to go to the Backup/Restore section and clear package lock/reinstall packages. This doesn't happen every time though for some reason so it's hard to pin down a cause…

This time when I went and cleared package lock, reinstall packages, the installer spit an error out onto the page:


Installing OpenVPN Client Export Utility and its dependencies.


Backing up libraries... 
Removing package...
Removing pfBlocker components...
Tabs items... done.
Menu items... done.
Loading package instructions...

Now all the way at the bottom of the page:


Warning: Unterminated comment starting line 719 in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 719 Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 719

Line 719 of /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc is the last line and contains only:


        /* ass

There is also a crash report which i will upload but this is the display of the report:


Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:

amd64
8.3-RELEASE-p8
FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p8 #1: Wed Jul 10 00:07:50 EDT 2013     root@snapshots-8_3-amd64.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8

Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[10-Jul-2013 10:39:28 EST5EDT] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected $end in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 719

Filename: /var/crash/minfree
2048

iamzam

I was able to uninstall the openvpn client package, but when it got to the pfblocker package uninstall I see a similar error leaving me no way to remove pfblocker. Is there a manual way to remove a package? I imagine I could remove it from the packages section in config.xml and find all the relevant files but where are they all?

error messages:


Beginning package installation.

Removing package...
Removing pfBlocker components...
Tabs items... done.
Menu items... done.
Loading package instructions...

… and at the bottom of the page:


Warning: Unterminated comment starting line 719 in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 719 Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /usr/local/pkg/pfblocker.inc on line 719