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Between Tue May 17 16:27:00 2005 UTC and Thu May 19 22:51:19 2005 UTC (maybe a bit more due to lag time for cleaning the feeds), a bad ipkg package (named 'ipkg_0.99.148-number_armeb.ipk' where number can be from 1 to 4) has been made available in the Unslung optware feeds. If you have installed this package (using Symptoms are :
Here is a procedure to retrieve you original ipkg sub-system as it was before upgrading1. Telnet or SSH into your slug (for telnet, don't forget to activate telnet using http://<you_slug_address>/Management/telnet.cgi(approve sites)) 2. Check that the following directories, which came with the original Unslung ipkg system, are still present and populated:
3. Check that the JFFS2 partition is mounted on /initrd. Issuing
or
4. Delete the malfunctioning ipkg files:
5. We will now reinstall ipkg from the flash copy:
6. The original ipkg should now be fully operational. You can test it by issuing the following: ipkg update => This should produce some lines saying "Downloading... Inflating... Downloading... Inflating... Successfully terminated."
ipkg list => This should list all optware availables in the feeds
ipkg list_installed => This should list all your installed packaged
7. That's it. |