Paolo Pisati schrieb:
> and what about missing packages in the release repo? (e.g. transmission in
> 12.09)
>
> but even more worryingly, what about security fixes?
> access points, dsl modem/routers, etcetc are at the forefront of our networks
> and tier1 targets for attacks, how do we handle security?
>
> and besides, if we are meant to stick with the original release repo, what's
> the point of 'opkg upgrade'?
This is a trade-off situation between bleeding-edge functionality and
stability, and you need to decide on your own, which one is more important to
you. Security fixes should get into the stable releases, which might require an
update/upgrade of additionally installed packages. For security fixes in the
firmware image though (kernel, basic system), it gets a bit tricky, since it
requires a sysupgrade.
opkg upgrade should probably help you, when switching from one release to
another via sysupgrade, to also move your installed packages to the new release.
And if you now want to switch to trunk, be warned, that this release is highly
dynamic. While this is no big deal for program packages, you will encounter
problems to install kernel modules as soon as the bot has built a newer version.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:30 AM, Hartmut Knaack <knaac...@gmx.de
> <mailto:knaac...@gmx.de>> wrote:
>
> Paolo Pisati schrieb:
> > Alix2 installed from scratch using a 12.09 image:
> >
> > flag@OpenWrt:/mnt/storage/flag$ cat /etc/opkg.conf
> > src/gz attitude_adjustment
> http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09/x86/alix2/packages
> > src/gz trunk http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/x86/packages/
> > dest root /
> > dest ram /tmp
> > lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists
> > option overlay_root /overlay
> >
> > Later on, since some packages were missing
> > (see also
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.embedded.openwrt.devel/20097), i added
> the trunk
> > repository to opkg.conf (BTW, is that the correct way to get new
> pkgs?), and this morning i wanted
> > to see which pkgs were eligible for an upgrade, but to my dismay the
> kernel pkg wasn't among them:
> >
> > flag@OpenWrt:/mnt/storage/flag$ sudo opkg list-installed | grep kernel
> > kernel - 3.3.8-1-856232096e5924b296e029cee7d328d1
> >
> > lag@OpenWrt:/mnt/storage/flag$ sudo opkg update
> > Downloading
> http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09/x86/alix2/packages/Packages.gz.
> > Updated list of available packages in
> /var/opkg-lists/attitude_adjustment.
> > Downloading
> http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/x86/packages//Packages.gz.
> > Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/trunk.
> > flag@OpenWrt:/mnt/storage/flag$ sudo opkg list-upgradable | grep kernel
> > flag@OpenWrt:/mnt/storage/flag$
> >
> > Last but not least, it seems a lot of pkgs (mainly kmod-*) are
> duplicated among the two repos:
> > flag@OpenWrt:/mnt/storage/flag$ sudo opkg list-upgradable | grep
> Multiple
> > Multiple packages (kmod-usb-storage and kmod-usb-storage) providing
> same name marked HOLD or PREFER. Using latest.
> > Multiple packages (kmod-i2c-scx200-acb and kmod-i2c-scx200-acb)
> providing same name marked HOLD or PREFER. Using latest.
> > Multiple packages (kmod-usb-core and kmod-usb-core) providing same name
> marked HOLD or PREFER. Using latest.
> > Multiple packages (kmod-crypto-manager and kmod-crypto-manager)
> providing same name marked HOLD or PREFER. Using latest.
> > ...
> >
> > what am i supposed to do here? Shall i disable the 12.09 repo and keep
> trunk only?
> No, disable trunk and stick to the version that corresponds to your
> installed image (12.09).
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