Yes, I completely agree with you. We will try the upgrade procedure and see how to convert app dpkg commands into opkg commands. Thank you very much.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Morgan Gangwere <indr...@earfolds.com>wrote: > Sounds like the wrapper script is the only reasonable option, unless you > want to carefully convert opkg's pacakge manifest to dpkg's manifest. > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Jernej Turnsek <jernej.turn...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > thanks for answering. Yes, we are aware that we can install debian > packages > > with opkg directly. This is not a problem, but we have an application > which > > is calling dpkg -l command in order to get the list of all installed > > packages. This list is expected to be in a format debian packaging system > > is using it, thus working with opkg doesn't give real results, if you > know > > what I mean. Currently we are providing scripts to overcome this problem, > > but application could use dpkg for other functions also (i.e. upgrade, > > etc.) and this could be a problem for us. This is why we want to have > > original debian packaging system, without changing distribution. > > If this is not possible with Angstrom, than we have to stick with > wrapping > > opkg. > > > > BR, > > Jernej > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Vitus Jensen <vjen...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2013, Jernej Turnsek wrote: > > > > > > thank you very much for your fast reply. We are heavily relying on > > >> Openembedded environment for building Angstrom distribution and I am > not > > >> shure how to switch to debian in this development phase, but I will > look > > >> into. Is there any other way to hold on Angstrom and enable debian > > >> packaging system? Any experience? > > >> > > > > > > Hi Jernej, > > > > > > we are using openembedded (classic) to build images for our > > tqm5200s-based > > > hardware and selected the angstrom distribution, too. However a > > > considerable amount of applications are added to the machine after the > > > image has been installed for customizing and those we build via cmake > as > > > .deb archives and install via opkg. > > > > > > So it all depends on how you define "debian packaging system". No > > problem > > > to install debian packages, it should IMHO also be feasable to write a > > > dpkg-wrapper for opkg. Do you really need more? The exact files dpkg > > > tends to use? > > > > > > Bye, > > > Vitus > > > > > > -- > > > Vitus Jensen, Hannover, Germany, Universe (current) > > > pgp public key available from keyservers > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > > > Angstrom-distro-users@**linuxtogo.org< > > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org> > > > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/** > > > angstrom-distro-users< > > > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > > > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > > > > > > -- > my .sigfile is on vacation. > I filter everything with an application/ms-* mimetype. > I write code: https://github.com/indrora/ https://bitbucket.org/indrora/ > _______________________________________________ > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
