Strange problem when checking for updates after 23.7.7_3 update . .

[rfox]

Happy Monday!  When I check for new updates, it hands for a very long time showing:

***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 23.7.7_3 at Mon Oct 30 10:25:03 CET 2023
Fetching changelog information, please wait... fetch: transfer timed out
fetch: /usr/local/opnsense/changelog/changelog.txz appears to be truncated: 0/117388 bytes
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...

I'm using the (default) mirror

Anyone else??

[franco]

IPv6 being defunct biting you? Try the connectivity audit and if you don't need IPv6 make sure it's globally disabled.


Cheers,
Franco

[rfox]

IPv6 being defunct biting you? Try the connectivity audit and if you don't need IPv6 make sure it's globally disabled.


Cheers,
Franco

Thanks Franco - but up until now, updates always worked - and I haven't introduced anything new (never configured IPv6) just installed with defaults way back when I installed 21.1 initially - Not sure what you mean with "connectivity audit" ?!?

[rhubarb]

Same problem for me I think.

[rhubarb]

Mine could be different:

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***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 23.7.1_3 at Mon Oct 30 07:10:38 CDT 2023
Fetching changelog information, please wait... done
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
Child process pid=55281 terminated abnormally: Bus error
Child process pid=55452 terminated abnormally: Bus error
Child process pid=56205 terminated abnormally: Bus error
self: No packages available to install matching 'opnsense'
***DONE***



[rfox]

Something is really broken - after performing a reboot and everything starting just fine - when I simply check "System-> Firmware-> Status" - it's blank and there is a busy rotating circle on the tab Status showing that something is happening - but nothing shows up.  When I click on "plugins" - they are all blank ?!? Then I click on Packages tab or Change Log tab and it shows the contents . . . The Status tab stops the spinning wheel and shows the content as expected . . . very odd behavior!!  I could roll back to 23.7.6 from a previous backup - but I'm pretty sure up until the 23.7.7_3 update. everything was fine!

[franco]

Browser cache?


Cheers,
Franco

[franco]

Mine could be different:

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***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 23.7.1_3 at Mon Oct 30 07:10:38 CDT 2023
Fetching changelog information, please wait... done
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
Child process pid=55281 terminated abnormally: Bus error
Child process pid=55452 terminated abnormally: Bus error
Child process pid=56205 terminated abnormally: Bus error
self: No packages available to install matching 'opnsense'
***DONE***



Disk or RAM dying.


Cheers,
Franco

[rfox]

Browser cache?


Cheers,
Franco

Nice guess - but no dice! ::) Cleared the cache and didn't help - also tried different browsers to make sure. now all tabs are blank and the status just spins  :-\

[franco]

And a different browser will not help either?

It could still be trying to process "something"... for the hammer approach:

# killall pkg
# killall pkg-static

... and reassess


Cheers,
Franco

[rfox]

And a different browser will not help either?

It could still be trying to process "something"... for the hammer approach:

# killall pkg
# killall pkg-static

... and reassess


Cheers,
Franco

Sorry, tried what you suggested - still no improvement.  I've been running OPNSense now since 21.1 (over a year) and many updates later - The Update process has been stable as a rock until now . . .  Why is the changelog.txz getting truncated?!?

***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 23.7.7_3 at Mon Oct 30 17:39:52 CET 2023
Fetching changelog information, please wait... fetch: transfer timed out
fetch: /usr/local/opnsense/changelog/changelog.txz appears to be truncated: 0/117388 bytes
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
Checking for upgrades (1 candidates): . done
Processing candidates (1 candidates): . done
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.

[franco]

Because there is an issue with the download?

You can try the clean fetch method:

# fetch https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/23.7/sets/changelog.txz

As said before on such reports the download even sees the length of the file (117388) reported by the server but goes on to download 0 bytes instead...


Cheers,
Franco

[rfox]

Tried the fetch command from the shell - it appears to hang or REALLY slow - if I wait long enough - I  get:

root@FoxOPN:/home/rfox # fetch https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/23.7/sets/changelog.txz
changelog.txz                                          114 kB 3101 kBps    00s

So something with connectivity to your mirror?!?

[franco]

Well how long does this run? The fetch is normally on a 30 seconds timeout I think... plenty of time to download the file.

I don't think it's the mirror directly, but something from your OPNsense to the mirror.


Cheers,
Franco

[Maurice]

114 kB 3101 kBps    00s

That's not slow. Seems more like the download just takes a long time to start. Maybe a DNS issue. Or, as franco suggested, broken IPv6. Did you run the connectivity audit? (System: Firmware: Status: Run an audit: Connectivity)

Cheers
Maurice