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Bug #16196

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System update page shows version string with extra parts

Added by Marcos M 3 days ago. Updated 3 days ago.

Status:
Feedback
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Marcos M
Category:
Upgrade
Target version:
2.8.0
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
25.03
Release Notes:
Default
Affected Version:
2.8.0
Affected Architecture:

Description

The System > Update page shows the following when updating from 2.8.0-RC to 2.8.0-RELEASE:

Current Base System
2.8.0.r.20250516.1521
Latest Base System
2.8.0.1500029

Normally only 2.8.0 would be shown for the "Latest Base System" version. This also happens for 2.9.0, 25.03, and 25.07.

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Updated by Marcos M 3 days ago

  • Status changed from New to Feedback
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

The update widget checks all base/core/meta packages (rather than just the base package like the update page) across all available release versions. The version it will pick to show as an available update is determined by the highest version of all these packages. In contrast the update page will only check the base package in the currently selected branch (or a default branch if one is not set).

I've pushed a fix to make pfSense-upgrade's behavior more closely match the GUI behavior.
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/b9e5be8d5a2597e474fef2f021cd6a72580d040d

In the examples below the highest version available is from pfSense-system (or pfSense in the case of 25.03/2.8.0) so that's the version it shows.

# update widget
Version 2.8.0.1500029 is available.

# update page
Current Base System
2.8.0.r.20250516.1521
Latest Base System
2.8.0


# update widget
Version 25.07.a.20250520.1354.1500036 is available.

# update page
Current Base System
25.07.a.20250520.1151
Latest Base System
25.07.a.20250520.1354
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