ipkg-link doesn't obey /etc/ipkg.conf dest entries

[donotresus]

I shall try formatting my card to ext2, thanks alot if it works, if it doesn't thanks anyways

[carpman]

Yes, formating any sd or cf card to ext2 will allow you to link to it. You can also split the card and have a fat and ext2 partition. This is useful if you want to use usb-storage and have a windows machine read the SD card, or use the sd card in a camera as well.

[Bundabrg]

Yeah, copy everything off the CF, and do the following:

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umount /mnt/card
mkfs.ext2 /mnt/card
mount /mnt/card
Now things should be ok. However you won't be able to use this card in a windows box or camera etc... now (Though you can of course reformat it on these).

 - Bundabrg

[zenyatta]

Shameless self-promotion: for multiple partitions on a card, see my How-to.

z.

[systemparadox]

I have two partitions on my sd card. It all worked fine before, as i changed sdcontol to mount mmcda2 (the ext2 partition) automatically, not mmcda1 (the fat partition). This got annoying as I would have to change sdcontrol everytime i wanted to use a fat card.
I have tried both new versions of ipkg-link on this thread, but they both fail when trying to link packages on /mnt/ext. For some reason they are either trying to make the links on /mnt/card (which is fat) or they are trying to link files from /mnt/card, which dont actually exist. Output:
Command: add
Locating package
found package on /mnt/ext
adding glider
ln: /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/bin/glider: Operation not permitted
(the above is repeated for several files in the package)

What is going on?

Thanks
Simon

[lardman]

Both fail with the same error?

What 'dest' lines do you have in /etc/ipkg.conf?

What is the exact command line you passed to ipkg-link?

What does 'mount' show?


Si

[systemparadox]

I found out what it was. The lists for each package store the full path, which is a little stupid, if you change the mount point the packages won't link any more.

[Mickeyl]

lardman, did you submit this fix to the handhelds.org people yet?

[lardman]

Yep, I submitted a bug with an explanation and a link to this thread as an example of the way of solving it.

I did this pretty much as soon as the two examples ipkg-link scripts were posted to give you an idea of time.

I suppose I should just submit the new script itself (with credit to the author of course).


Si

[Mickeyl]

Send it also to oe@handhelds.org (or directly to me) and I'll include it in OZ for the time being.

[Greg2]

When using this new ipkg-link script with a new directory in /home on a Z with a 2 partition flash (e.g. 5600, c-7xx) what would be the equivalent of the command:

ipkg-link mount /mnt/card

for linking multiple dependencies in /home/user?

ipkg-link add 'whatever' works great for a single app but some apps have many libs

Many thanks to everyone involved in fixing this.

Greg

[Greg2]

A follow up note for 5600 owners:

I realize that my last question sounded a bit strange but using

ipkg-link mount /home/user

failed to link all the ipk dependencies in /home/user... (I don't know why?) however after a clean install on a 5600 with oz3.5.2 official using the new *ipkg-link and adding the line

dest home /home/

to the ipkg.conf and installing to /home you can use

ipkg-link mount /home

and it will find and link everything in /home

*This ipkg-link:
http://dev.worldguard.com.au/ipkg-link

This has given me the cleanest and easiest install of OZ on a 5600 in over a year. YMMV

Hope this helps someone.

Greg

[lardman]

I realize that my last question sounded a bit strange but using

ipkg-link mount /home/user

failed to link all the ipk dependencies in /home/user... (I don't know why?)

Strange, it works fine for me.

'ipkg-link mount /home/user'

with 'dest user /home/user/' in /etc/ipkg.conf


Si