On 2013-09-17 09:04, Paolo Pisati wrote:
and what about missing packages in the release repo? (e.g. transmission in 12.09)
Didn't make it in for "some reason", similar to how packages fall from Debian (unresolved bugs, no maintainer etc), that sort of thing. You may be able to search mailing lists and find something.
but even more worryingly, what about security fixes? access points, dsl modem/routers, etcetc are at the forefront of our networks and tier1 targets for attacks, how do we handle security? and besides, if we are meant to stick with the original release repo, what's the point of 'opkg upgrade'?
OpenWRT is based on static firmware images that you then overlay anything you install after, eg I install 'ip' on every router, but this package gets removed when I do a reset or firmware update.
Say a package has a vuln, you could do a opkg upgrade to get a security fix before 12.09.1 was released (which would have it integrated)
OpenWRT = firmware + overlay for updates/additions Debian/Ubuntu = software that gets updated and added directly This is my understanding of it anyway Regards Jon _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
