Pihole no longer in optimized software?

[kaptain_zero]

Again, I must have missed something as I have been using Dietp + Pihole as it just worked. Today I updated Dietpi to the latest version and then noticed that Pihole also had updates available so I thought I would do my usual remove Pihole and add it back in, but it is no longer in the software lists? I can't seem to find anything specific on this being removed, but only a general mention about some software being removed due to a change to the debian core?

I suppose if I had used pihole's own update script, I'd still have it installed, but alas... I found it easier to just let Dietpi do the work and only replace the white and black lists I have, when it's back up and running.

Regards

Christian

[baz123]

There are problems with PiHole on Stretch (see PiHole forums) and see this for DietPi. https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issue ... -298337026

[Fourdee]

Hi,

Pi-Hole is disabled for Jessie currently, pending release of FTL 4.0, required to resolve the configuration issue created by PiHole v3.3 which breaks Jessie support:
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issu ... -366485860
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/comm ... 9ea180acde

[baz123]

Surely the issue is with Stretch not Jessie?

[kaptain_zero]

Thanks for the information, I'll be putting the Odroid aside until it's sorted out. It doesn't actually do anything else. I just wish I had the original install which could have been left alone until this got sorted out.

[k-plan]

Surely the issue is with Stretch not Jessie?

It is a problem with supported / provided version of dnsmasq by Debian Jessie:

https://packages.debian.org/jessie/dnsmasq

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root@DietPi-v159:~# dnsmasq -v
Dnsmasq Version 2.72  Copyright (c) 2000-2014 Simon Kelley
Kompilierungs-Optionen IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus i18n IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC loop-detect

Debian Stretch:

https://packages.debian.org/stretch/dnsmasq

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root@DietPi-v6.2:~# dnsmasq -v
Dnsmasq Version 2.76  Copyright (c) 2000-2016 Simon Kelley
Kompilierungs-Optionen IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus i18n IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC loop-detect inotify

[k-plan]

Hi kaptain_zero,

I'll be putting the Odroid aside until it's sorted out. It doesn't actually do anything else. I just wish I had the original install which could have been left alone until this got sorted out.

:shock:

Yes, you can get your Odroid with DietPi v6.2 back to work with pi-hole.

Pi-hole v3.3 Released: It’s “Extra” Special

Problem:
Pi-hole install script always install the last version.
In this case eg. Pi-hole Version v3.3 | Web Interface Version v3.3 | FTL Version v3.0

If you’re running Jessie and you updated Pi-hole to v3.3, you likely ran into issues.
This is because the version of dnsmasq that ships with it does not support the log-queries=extra option, which we use in v3.3.
What Should I Know About The New Logging?
- After updating, the old-style log files will not be readable by FTL

If you’re running Jessie, your version of dnsmasq will not work with this release,
so you’ll need to revert to the previous versions:
Pi-hole Version v3.2.1 | Web Interface Version v3.2.1 | FTL Version v2.13.2

At the moment, you have to do this manually in terminal:
(must be execute with sudo or root account)

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dietpi-software list | grep pi-hole
id 93 | =2 | pi-hole: block adverts for any device on your network | +git +webserver | http://dietpi.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5&start=20#p174

mv /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.bak

cd /etc/.pihole
git fetch --tags
git checkout v3.2.1
cd /var/www/html/admin
git fetch --tags
git checkout v3.2.1
cd "$HOME"
pihole -r
pihole checkout ftl v2.13.2
pihole -v
rm /var/log/pihole*

cp /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.bak /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

reboot

After reboot, pi-hole web interface should work and will show :

Pi-hole Version v3.2.1 (Update available!) Web Interface Version v3.2.1 (Update available!) FTL Version vDev (XXX , v2.13.2 )

... but please, DO NOT do this!

[kaptain_zero]

Thanks,

As it turns out, I had a clonezilla backup dated Nov. 27, 2017, so while it's not the latest, it works and is reliable, so I put it back on the SD card and was back in business.

Hopefully the issue will be sorted out soon as I do like to keep things up to date, but I wonder how long it might take if it is an upstream problem.

k-plan, thank you for all your efforts and I was getting ready to do as you suggested when I found that Clonezilla image, so I got lazy.

Regards

Christian

[kaptain_zero]

Has the situation been ironed out in the new Odroid C2 image. As I'm stuck back on the earlier install, I don't get any updates, so I don't know when I should switch?

[k-plan]

Hi,

@@kaptain_zero

As I'm stuck back on the earlier install, I don't get any updates,

Last pihole release at the moment is:

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Pi-hole Version v3.3.1  | Web Interface Version v3.3 | FTL Version v3.0

... so nothing really new. You can click on the right top corner to get info about the latest release

Pihole update

or goto https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases

Has the situation been ironed out in the new Odroid C2 image.

What I personally done, only for testing, after I have downgrad my DietPi-v6.3_OdroidC2-ARMv8-Jessie to Pi-hole Version v3.2.1 | Web Interface Version v3.2.1 | FTL Version v2.13.2, I switched over a month ago to DietPi_OdroidC2-ARMv8-Stretch. But this is in testing stage, without full GPU or Kodi support.
But this don't skin off my nose for a "pihole only installation" on my Odroid C2.
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1552

Works for me stable, now for more when a month.

Ordoid C2 Stretch - Pihole

We are working hard on, to get some fixes for and into pihole: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1696

... so I don't know when I should switch?

To be honest, at the moment, I personally would not switch or upgrade.
Pihole is working on a "new" FTL version with integrate dnsmasq called FTLDNS™, but it's still for beta testing.
If for you all working as aspect, I would do nothing.
My other C2 installation, with DietPi v.123 on Jessie and Pihole v 1.6, works until now like a charm. I don't miss anything, beside of some "visual eye candy" and analysis report. It's very responsible, quick and reliable. The really imported thing, the blacklist update and blocking works awesome.