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@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ opkg-opk opkg-opk provides information about and builds packages for opkg(-lede). It is similar to Debian's dpkg-deb. -opkg-opk exists to be able to list files in packages on other system -distributions. Whereas tar expects user and group IDs and names to -match between the system that created an archive and the system that -reads it, opkg-opk does no such verification. +opkg-opk provides two key benefits over building and reading packages +with the conventional tar utility: + + 1. It can list files in packages on other system distributions. + Whereas tar expects user and group IDs and names to match between + the system that created an archive and the system that reads it, + opkg-opk does no such verification. + 2. It can build packages with changed ownership and device nodes + without privileges normally needed with chown and mknod. As a + caveat, because opkg-opk is designed to not require privileges, it + can't extract data; use opkg(-lede) or tar for this instead. Copyright --------- |