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| author | Patrick McDermott <pehjota> | 2020-11-10 10:24:41 (EST) |
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| committer | Patrick McDermott <pehjota> | 2020-11-10 10:24:41 (EST) |
| commit | f334087fb891c8f4773559415dbd63183eae8ee4 (patch) | |
| tree | ab65943fd3a7043739f6f0156345d6b6fce4de68 /dev | |
| parent | 31e3d23afb13672fc3e5f0b5887c4c8e7055b37a (diff) | |
dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb: Reiterate opkg bug
Diffstat (limited to 'dev')
| -rw-r--r-- | dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn b/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn index ca71b6b..86801dd 100644 --- a/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn +++ b/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn @@ -5,15 +5,18 @@ Two Problems ============ -`opkg` and the Outsourced Inflation ------------------------------------ +`opkg-lede` and the Outsourced Inflation +---------------------------------------- -opkg-lede now [relies][opkg-lede-dd4c78a] on an external `gzip` executable. +`opkg-lede` [now relies][opkg-lede-dd4c78a] on an external `gzip` executable. When upgrading a package, it tries to execute `gzip` to unpack maintainer -scripts and data files [after][opkg_install_pkg] removing the old version of the +scripts and data files [after removing][opkg_install_pkg] the old version of the package. When the package being upgraded is `busybox`, which provides `gzip`, `opkg` crashes and leaves behind a completely broken system. +To reiterate, `opkg-lede` is (and has been for as long as it has been in +ProteanOS) unable to upgrade `busybox`, due to its own design. + [opkg-lede-dd4c78a]: https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/opkg-lede.git;a=commitdiff;h=dd4c78aa88efd3b9cf516030937c684814df7962 [opkg_install_pkg]: https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/opkg-lede.git;a=blob;f=libopkg/opkg_install.c;hb=d4ba162#l1520 |