I want to set up OPNsense with a config backup and I went to download the newest installer/image.
I now noticed that the 26.1 directories for all mirrors that I checked (leaseweb, https://pkg.opnsense.org/releases/mirror/, dns-root etc.) also contain a 26.1.2 image (including all keys etc.). On top of that, the root directories for these mirrors also contain a 26.1.2 directory (instead of only major versions).
This seems weird to me for two reasons:
- none of the other major version directories contain 2x.1/7.z minor versions - only the respective major versions. In the past, I also can't remember that it was possible to download minor versions from the mirrors
- 26.1.2 is not the current minor version for the 26.1.2 - so if the most current minor version should now also show up in the mirrors, 26.1.4 should be up.
Is there a specific reason that this is different for the 26.1.2 version?
Usually, there are only ISOs for the major versions. Everything else is done via online updates only. Sometimes, there are ISOs after a "full" release, especially when the installation itself was buggy.
Yes, this is how I remembered it: only ISOs/images for major versions. This is why I was so surprised to see the 26.1.2 minor version in the mirror repos. Is there an announcement explaining why this version specifically is available as a full image?
https://github.com/opnsense/changelog/blob/master/community/26.1/26.1.2#L5-L7
The installer had an issue in 26.1 with destroying disks to install UFS. 26.1.2 has another bug because we can't trust the gpart command line return code either. Eventually there will be a third image and then the others will be removed.
Some things require reissuing images, but most updates don't.
Cheers,
Franco