[kwlug-disc] Stable release of OpenWRT is out

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

I was able to overcome the bulk of the problem, by adding more sources to
/etc/opkg.conf

So, my opkg.conf file looks like so:

src/gz barrier_breaker_packages
http://downloads.openwrt.org/barrier_breaker/14.07/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages
src/gz barrier_breaker_base
http://downloads.openwrt.org/barrier_breaker/14.07/ar71xx/generic/packages/base
src/gz barrier_breaker_luci
http://downloads.openwrt.org/barrier_breaker/14.07/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci
src/gz barrier_breaker_management
http://downloads.openwrt.org/barrier_breaker/14.07/ar71xx/generic/packages/management
src/gz barrier_breaker_routing
http://downloads.openwrt.org/barrier_breaker/14.07/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing
src/gz barrier_breaker_telephony
http://downloads.openwrt.org/barrier_breaker/14.07/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony
dest root /
dest ram /tmp
lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists
option overlay_root /overlay

I was able to install all the packages except for 3 of them (syslog-ng3,
file, and dstat).

Much better now ...


On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> So, I could not resist, and broke down and upgraded.
>
> I followed the Terminal Upgrade Process detailed here
>
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.sysupgrade#terminal.upgrade.process
> Saved the following to /etc/sysupgrade.conf
>
> /etc/rc.local
> /etc/syslog-ng.conf
> /etc/crontabs/
> /etc/custom/
> /etc/config/
>
> Good news, and bad news ...
>
> Good news is that the router comes up, with WiFi, LuCI (the admin
> interface), and all the DNS and DHCP mappings. So the home network works as
> previous.
>
> Bad news is that many packages do not exist yet. These include USB kernel
> modules (which means I can't mount a flash drive), zlib (lots of things
> depend on it), curl (use it for some scripts to do Dynamic DNS with
> Linode), ncurses (htop, iftop depend on it).
>
> As I expected, this would happen. It is more of an inconvenience so far,
> nothing really crucial.
>
> So, if you have installed packages, make sure they are not crucial when
> you upgrade. Or wait some more ...
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:29 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I will wait too.  I'm running openWRT on my Netgear WNDR3700.  Much
>> better than the stock firmware!
>>
>> On 2 October 2014 13:46, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Barrier Breaker (14.07) is now released.
>>>
>>> However, because of changes to how they are building packages, I will
>>> wait for some time until packages stabilize, before considering upgrading
>>> my router.
>>>
>>> http://lwn.net/Articles/614603/
>>>
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> Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. --   Leonardo da Vinci
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> wrong." -- H.L. Mencken
>



-- 
Khalid M. Baheyeldin
2bits.com, Inc.
Fast Reliable Drupal
Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. --  Edsger W.Dijkstra
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. --   Leonardo da Vinci
For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and
wrong." -- H.L. Mencken
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