opkg should not start removing files of what it thinks they are obsolete until the packages download is complete. If the download is stuck for some reason, you end up with a truly unstable system. This is part of output of "opkg upgrade" via usb after the previous upgrade via wlan got stuck:
Upgrading ffalarms on root from 0.4+gitr5+7dfb98bff1da11131a1eae9018f5b9916b298104-r7.6 to 0.4+gitr5+7dfb98bff1da11131a1eae9018f5b9916b298104-r8.6... Downloading http://build.shr-project.org/shr-unstable/ipk//armv4t/ffalarms_0.4+gitr5+7dfb98bff1da11131a1eae9018f5b9916b298104-r8.6_armv4t.ipk. Removing obsolete file v4t. Removing obsolete file Installed-Time: 1288524972. Removing obsolete file Package: phoneui-apps-dialer. Removing obsolete file Version: 0.0.0+gitr8+7d72f9065bcdf6950b04c60ad9183aef20dc2242-r1.6. Removing obsolete file Depends: libdbus-glib-1-2, libdbus-1-3, libgobject-2.0-0, libgthread-2.0-0, libc6, libglib. Upgrading iliwi on root from 0.0.1+gitr1+5be2b301033418fb9a33759047274b676034f096-r6.6 to 0.0.1+gitr1+5be2b301033418fb9a33759047274b676034f096-r7.6... Downloading http://build.shr-project.org/shr-unstable/ipk//armv4t/iliwi_0.0.1+gitr1+5be2b301033418fb9a33759047274b676034f096-r7.6_armv4t.ipk. Removing obsolete file #!/bin/sh. Removing obsolete file update-modules || true. Upgrading intone on root from 0.66+svnr76-r10.6 to 0.66+svnr76-r11.6... Downloading http://build.shr-project.org/shr-unstable/ipk//armv4t/intone_0.66+svnr76-r11.6_armv4t.ipk. Removing obsolete file /lib/modules/2.6.34.7/kernel/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.ko. Removing obsolete file /etc/modutils/leds-gpio. Removing obsolete file . _______________________________________________ Shr-User mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shr-project.org/mailman/listinfo/shr-user
