Unable to update templates and standalones restored from R4.2.4 to R4.3

[PostedPortal]

Hi,

I successfully upgraded from Qubes OS R4.2.4 to R4.3 by a fresh install (not an in-place upgrade).

All of the templates and standalones I have restored from my backup when I was on R4.2.4 cannot be updated by the Qubes OS Update GUI. I get the following error:
`Updating fedora-42-software ERROR (exception Command ‘cat > /run/qubes-update/agent.tar.gz’ returned non-zero exit status 1.)

Upgrading templates installed after upgrading to R4.3 do not have this issue. It is only for templates and standalones restored from R4.2.4

In a different thread this command was suggested with some users reporting it worked.

@parulin

Now, the correct way to test the update might be this in dom0, but I’m not totally sure:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing --action=update python

I confirmed the version by executing this command:

@parulin

dnf info python3-qubesadmin

which printed version 4.3.30, and release is 1.fc41 which is apparently the correct version.

However, This recommended solution did not work for me. Instead, I am able to upgrade them using Qubes os Terminal:

qvm-run -u root <TEMPLATE_NAME> xterm
sudo dnf upgrade

[parulin]

@PostedPortal

All of the templates and standalones I have restored from my backup when I was on R4.2.4 cannot be updated by the Qubes OS Update GUI.

Have you followed the full upgrade process? Especially the optional step 4?

How to upgrade to Qubes 4.3

[PostedPortal]

good catch! Forgot about the optional step. Thanks!