Unslung/WL500g packages available for Oleg's firmware

[oleo]

After many hours I have managed to port uClibc++ library to 3.2.3 toolchain used to build Oleg firmware. This port enabled many previously non working optware packages to start working! (eg. python, py-*, mysql, ctorrent, groff, man, mutt, nmap, nload, nagios-plugins & nrpe, appweb, cdargs, cogito, cherokee, ruby, ...) Visit http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/ for complete list of packages.

See Optware wl-500g Build FAQ page for details of this wl500g toolchain upgrade.

There are still many packages that we wish to be built but they are limited with current firmware uClibc library. The biggest limitation is lack of wchar support needed by many packages. There are also some issues with linking of shared libraries (resolved in uClibc 0.9.22). I hope that with all this advances Oleg will take an effort and resolve this issues with upgrade to latest uClibc in his upcoming firmware.

Here are some of my notes on still broken packages:

WL500G_BROKEN_PACKAGES = \
asterisk = xscale dependent
atk = glib
bitlbee = glib iconv
bzflag = c++
cvs = wchar
dict = ?
elinks = xbel.c:15:19: expat.h: No such file or directory
erlang = Makefile Cross compile problem \
ficy = http.cc:20: `getline' not declared
freetds = ld: cannot find -lreadline
gawk = wchar
gettext = ?
giftcurs = glib
git-core = iconv
glib = iconv
gnupg = wchar
gtk = iconv
hnb = uClib stdio problem
ice = x11
iperf = missing thread
iptables = conntrack?
ivorbis-tools = ASM problem
jabber = modf undefined
jamvm = mipsel not supported
ldconfig = ?
libdvb = fpros
libftdi = linking PIC files with non-PIC files
libgc = esdep.h
libtorrent = ambiguous overload for `std::basic_istream
libvorbisidec = ASM problem
lsof = configure
mdadm = ftw.h
mod-fastcgi = ipkg problem
mod-python = configure
monotone = libboost_filesystem failure
mtr = resolver missing
nail = define problem
nfs-server = innetgr undefined
nfs-utils = download problem
nget = C++ map
ntp = tm_gmtoff
pango = iconv
py-mssql = -lreadline
py-sqlobject = svn download
unslung-devel \
qemu = unslung
qemu-libc-i386 = unslung
rtorrent = bencode c++
sdl = x11
ser = undefined reference to `__res_search'
sm = MB_CUR_MAX' undeclared
snownews = wctomb
sqsh = -lreadline
sudo = errx
tethereal = No iconv()
transcode = libiconv missing
unrar = unicode.cpp
vte = No iconv()
wget-ssl = clock_getres
x11 = stdc_wcstocts
xauth
xaw
xchat
xcursor
xdpyinfo
xext
xfixes
xft
xmu
xpdf
xpm
xrender

[Cryptic]

All wl500g packages on http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/
are gone. Does anybody have any idea what happened and when they will be back ?

[oleo]

The problem is with sourceforge which happend to change their repositories names. jp30 is responsible for update change. And maybe rwhitby will help with this. I suggest to wait a day or two for rebuild.