Bug #16913
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Package remnants stay after restore
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Description
i have had this on both pfSense + 26.03.1 and pfSense 2.8.1
Install particular packages, in my case "Netgate Coreboot Upgrade" and "Zeek". Deinstall them. Then backup the configuration.
when you restore the configuration you get remnants of the original install;
ie the pfSense + 26.03.1 System menu has "Netgate Coreboot Upgrade" even though it isnt there
in the case of zeek on 2.8.1 you have a service status/zeek that never starts.
if you reinstall those packages, then deinstall it fixes the issue. In the case of Coreboot Upgrade that cant be done since the package no longer exits and was replaced by Netgate Firmware Upgrade, and has a different name.
Likely deinstalling the package doesnt remove everything, and the restore function gets confused and think its there, even though it isnt.
Updated by Kris Phillips 20 days ago
- Status changed from New to Confirmed
- Priority changed from Low to Normal
I can confirm this behavior with packages. Since the menu items are present in the config.xml, if they don't get removed on uninstall of the package, they can "live on" forever until you either manually remove the portions from the config.xml file or install and uninstall the package again.
Marking Confirmed.