[kwlug-disc] Stable release of OpenWRT is out

[CrankyOldBugger]

It took me several years to work up the courage to install openWRT on my
WNDR3700, so I'll wait a bit before I upgrade.  I've got a big network
rewired in the plans so maybe I'll do it then.


On 7 October 2014 19:54, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
>>>> 2bits.com, Inc.
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>> wrong." -- H.L. Mencken
>>
>
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>
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> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> 2bits.com, Inc.
> Fast Reliable Drupal
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> Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. --   Leonardo da Vinci
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