linuxgeek: [nslu2-linux] Re: older ipkg kits?

As I noted, renaming the config file directory did allow the install.

But shouldn't '-force-downgrade' prevent {i,o}pkg from mis-using it's "intelligence"? Or -f /dev/null? Seems to me that there needs to be a way to get it to "Do Exactly What I Said".

Is there a bug reporting system for {i,o}pkg?

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Westerhof (mwester)" <mwester@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah, it does that when it thinks it has "better" information in the
> package feed databases.
>
> If you go to the ipkg/opkg feed configuration file directory, and just
> rename the feed config files to something that ipkg/opkg doesn't
> recognize, that'll disable the feeds effectively. You can then install
> using "./<filename>.ipk" -- only problem is that without any feeds,
> ipkg/opkg can't resolve dependencies, so you'll have to install those
> manually in advance...
>
> Don't forget to rename the feed config files back again when you're done.
>
> -Mike (mwester)
>
> tlhackque wrote:
> > I tried ./ as well as the absolute path to the package. ipkg still tries to download the v2 pkg specified by the feed instead of using the file...
> >
> > I don't have this problem when I build a newer version of a package; I have private versions of bind, dhcp, openssl that all use the file when I specify it.
> >
> > The strange behavior seems to be unique to the down-rev kit.
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Brian" <b88zhou@> wrote:
> >
> >> You can try "ipkg install ./freeradius_1.1.7-2_armeb.ipk" This makes it clear that you want to install from file.
> >>
> >> For building optware/nslu2 (unslung) toolchain, it's probably easier just use latest make/crosstool.mk and sources/crosstool.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> -Brian
> >>
> >> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "tlhackque" <tlhackque@> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the clues. I built the package - details below.
> >>>
> >>> But ipkg now refuses to install it! If I say:
> >>> $ ipkg install freeradius_1.1.7-2_armeb.ipk
> >>> ipkg starts downloading the 2.0.5-2 package from the unslung/cross feed!
> >>>
> >>> I've tried -force-downgrade, even -f /dev/null. But (as demonstrated with strace) ipkg goes and reads the /etc/ipkg feed files & then downloads the 2.0.5-2 package.
> >>>
> >>> I note that this package has a 'recommends' for freeradius-doc; putting that kit in the same directory doesn't help.
> >>>
> >>> The only way to persuade it to use the file specified on the command line is to
> >>> $ mv /etc/ipkg /etc/ipkg-x; ipkg install freeradius_1.1.7-2_armeb.ipk; mv /etc/ipkg-x /etc/ipkg
> >>>
> >>> This seems excessively hard - if I explicitly specify a file, that's what I want.
> >>>
> >>> Is there an option that I'm missing? If not this seems like a (moderately serious) bug.
> >>>
> >>> Other thoughts?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> T
> >>>
> >>> Here's what it took to build this package - I'll make a wiki HOWTO when I've dug out of the current crisis...meantime, perhaps this will help someone else.
> >>>
> >>> $ svn co https://svn.nslu2-linux.org/svnroot/optware/trunk optware
> >>> $ svn log make/freeradius.mk | less
> >>> # r8749 is the rev that upgraded from 1.1.7
> >>> $ svn up -r8748 <-- We want the rev BEFORE the upgrading commit!
> >>> $ cd optware; make <platform>-target
> >>> $ cd <platform>; make directories toolchain ipkg-utils
> >>>
> >>> Build fails because crosstool 0.38 isn't available.
> >>> Visit http://kegel.com/crosstool/ and find 0.43 is.
> >>>
> >>> Edit optware/make/crosstool.mk to get the newer crosstools
> >>>
> >>> $ make toolchain ipkg-utils
> >>> Ignore lots of glib doesn't build unoptimized errors...
> >>>
> >>> $ make freeradius
> >>>
> >>> Depends on openssl, site is down. Modify optware/make/openssl.mk to use a mirror:
> >>>
> >>> OPENSSL_SITE=http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.openssl.org/source
> >>>
> >>> Depends on mysql - for some reason, the kit downloads into '.' rather than 'downloads/'.
> >>>
> >>> $ mv mysql downloads/
> >>> $ make freeradius
> >>>
> >>> Curses! ncurses-5.6.tar.gz isn't on the distribution site. ncurses.tar.gz has 5.7. Fetch it, put it in downloads/ and update make/ncurses (which mysql wants).
> >>>
> >>> $ make mysql
> >>>
> >>> $ make freeradius
> >>> $ make freeradius-ipk
> >>>
> >>> and freeradius_1.1.7-2_armeb.ipk is in builds/
> >>>
> >>> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Brian" <b88zhou@> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Optware package changes are all recorded in subversion.
> >>>>
> >>>> 1) Follow the instruction on
> >>>> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/AddAPackageToOptware
> >>>> to get optware subversion checkout;
> >>>>
> >>>> 2) Then do "svn log make/freeradius.mk | less" look for the commit that upgrades it from 1.1.7, in this case it's 8749;
> >>>>
> >>>> 3) You'd want to "turn back the clock"
> >>>> The command probably is "svn up -r8749"
> >>>>
> >>>> 4) Build toolchain, and try to build the package
> >>>>
> >>>> I think I've noticed that in order to build unslung toolchain, you'd need host gcc 3.x
> >>>>
> >>>> Good luck,
> >>>>
> >>>> -Brian
> >>>>
> >>>> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "tlhackque" <tlhackque@> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'm rebuilding an unslung system from a disk failure, looking for freeradius 1.1.7-2 - not quite ready to update to freeradius V2 - which is the current feed.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is the old .ipk file available somewhere? If not, is there a way to build it from the source repository?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It would be good to have a HOWTO that describes how to get the build system to to build a specific version of any package - if someone can give me the necessary clues, I'll be happy to add to the wiki.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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