OlegFW: Upgrade busybox

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22-03-2007, 10:00
wengi

OlegFW: Upgrade busybox

hi all,

i want to upgrade the busybox.
oleg has 1.1.3 built in. This version e.g. does not know 'df -h'
Optware has 1.1.3-3. This version knows 'df -h'

I installed busybox-base via IPKG. So far so good. :)

Installing busybox-links results in

Code:

[admin@blechbuechse /]$ ipkg install busybox-links Installing busybox-links (1.1.3-3) to /opt/... Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/oleg/cross/stable/busybox-links_1.1.3-3_mipsel.ipk An error ocurred, return value: 9. Collected errors: Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/cmp But that file is already provided by package diffutils Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/xargs But that file is already provided by package findutils Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/bzcat But that file is already provided by package bzip2 Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/find But that file is already provided by package findutils Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/free But that file is already provided by package procps Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/reset But that file is already provided by package ncurses Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/clear But that file is already provided by package ncurses Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/top But that file is already provided by package procps Package busybox-links wants to install file /opt/bin/ps But that file is already provided by package procps [admin@blechbuechse /]$

Ok. there is a conflict with previous installed packages.

The manual way for df:

Code:

ln -s /opt/bin/busybox /opt/bin/df

This should work, because the path in /etc/profile is:

Quote:

export PATH=/opt/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

But executing df -h still results in

Quote:

[admin@blechbuechse /]$ df -h
df: illegal option -- h
BusyBox v1.1.3 (2006.06.29-17:07+0000) multi-call binary

Usage: df [-k] [FILESYSTEM ...]

While this works:

Quote:

[admin@blechbuechse /]$ /opt/bin/df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 2.9M 2.9M 0 100% /
/dev/discs/disc0/part2 961.6M 125.7M 787.1M 14% /opt
/dev/discs/disc0/part3 72.0G 45.2G 23.1G 66% /tmp/harddisk

Question: What did i do wrong?

Thanks
wengi

PS: It should work regarding to http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/BusyBox
22-03-2007, 13:43
oleo

Somebody should update busybox with update-alternatives command.

Could you provide this for busybox-links?
For example procps postinst file looks like:

Code:

#!/bin/sh update-alternatives --install /opt/bin/kill kill /opt/bin/procps-kill 80 update-alternatives --install /opt/bin/uptime uptime /opt/bin/procps-uptime 80

Human readable output is configurable busybox option. I can enable this for you if you will provide
postinst. See http://trac.nslu2-linux.org/optware/...ake/busybox.mk
and http://trac.nslu2-linux.org/optware/...ources/busybox
22-03-2007, 15:02
wengi

Hi oleo,

i would like to help, but i dont understand abolutely nothing of your post.
i am to stupid :(

And i guess there is no step-by-step HowTo..
I am sorry but not a programmer...

wengi
22-03-2007, 15:18
oleo

Just checked and

Code:

/opt/bin/busybox df -h

works for me!

You could also use coreutils instead of busybox. They are fat brother of busybox.

So no busybox change needed.
23-03-2007, 07:44
wengi

Still having some problems installing coreutils. ipkg seems to have a prob.

Code:

[admin@blechbuechse /opt]$ ipkg install coreutils Installing coreutils (6.7-3) to /opt/... Nothing to be done An error ocurred, return value: 1. Collected errors: ERROR: The following packages conflict with coreutils: busybox-links [admin@blechbuechse /opt]$ ipkg remove busybox-links No packages removed. Nothing to be done Successfully terminated. [admin@blechbuechse /opt]$

busybox-links did not install because of errors and is _not_ installed at all...
ipkg flag does not work either.

i have to fix this prior to test coreutils.

But anyway. Thanks for the hint :)
wengi
30-03-2007, 11:54
wengi

Damn. I don't get it... :mad:

Still the errors above.
busybox-links is _not_ installed at all!

Code:

[admin@blechbuechse /]$ ipkg info busybox-links Package: busybox-links Version: 1.1.3-3 Depends: busybox-base (= 1.1.3-3) Status: install user not-installed Architecture: mipsel Package: busybox-links Version: 1.5.0-1 Depends: busybox-base (= 1.5.0-1) Status: install user not-installed Section: core Architecture: mipsel maintainer: NSLU2 Linux <nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com> MD5Sum: 820ee545ad87fb6b663fa449e5b89f73 Size: 2502 Filename: busybox-links_1.5.0-1_mipsel.ipk Source: http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.5.0.tar.bz2 Description: A userland replacement for embedded systems. Successfully terminated. [admin@blechbuechse /]$

Where is the database of ipkg if there is any?
Anybody a hint how to resolve this?

Thanks
wengi
30-03-2007, 12:42
oleo

/opt/lib/ipkg/status
30-03-2007, 14:26
wengi

Yup. Thats it! :D :D

Code:

[admin@blechbuechse ipkg]$ ipkg install coreutils Installing coreutils (6.7-3) to /opt/... Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/oleg/cross/stable/coreutils_6.7-3_mipsel.ipk Configuring coreutils update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/kill to /opt/bin/procps-kill update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/uptime to /opt/bin/procps-uptime update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/su to /opt/bin/coreutils-su Successfully terminated.

I had to delete the entries of busybox-links in /opt/lib/ipkg/status.
Seems to be a bug in ipkg or the package.

Thanks once more to oleo :)
11-04-2008, 08:45
WLAN-Fan

What for Version of BusyBox is now in Oleg FirmWare included?

Hi,

what for Version of BusyBox is now in Oleg FirmWare included?

PHP Code:

$ time BusyBox v1.1.3 (2007.01.01-14:37+0000) multi-call binary Usage: time [OPTION]... COMMAND [ARGS...]

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11-04-2008, 09:24
al37919

the same.
Actually, Oleg explained why he don't want to bump the version of busybox up --- due to broken support of e2fsprogs library.