On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, RB wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > is there a reason that the initial /etc/ipkg.conf file on my system
> > doesn't actually refer to the openwrt packages repo for this router?
>
> If this is from your hand-built trunk, I believe it is with good
> reason. There are dozens of options and oddities you can configure on
> trunk to make it completely incompatible with the default packages.
> IOW, you really should be pointing it at your own repo if depending on
> trunk.
>
>
> > but that doesn't do me any good since there is no such directory.
> > shouldn't an initial /etc/ipkg.conf refer to something like:
> >
> > src packages http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/packages/mipsel
> >
> > or something similar? obviously, this isn't hard to fix, but it seems
> > pointless to start with an initial ipkg.conf file that's just plain
> > wrong.
>
> Again, if you're building from trunk, the chances that the packages
> there are compatible with your build are slim to none.
yes, that dawned on me shortly after i posted. that's the danger of
running out of real coffee and having only decaf left in the house.
rday
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