Opkg update error

Ameen Al-Azzawi

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Jul 16, 2021, 12:41:45 PM7/16/21

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Hi guys,

I am building DS-Lite topology using "OpenWrt".

Long story short, I need to update Opkg then install ds-lite package.

Below is the issue: -

diak@AFTR:~$ sudo opkg update

Downloading http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.

Downloading http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.

Downloading http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.

Downloading http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.

Downloading http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.

Downloading http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.

Collected errors:

* opkg_conf_parse_file: /etc/opkg/opkg.conf:3: Ignoring invalid line: `lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists'

* opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz headers: Couldn't resolve host name.

* opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz headers: Couldn't resolve host name.

* opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz headers: Couldn't resolve host name.

* opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz headers: Couldn't resolve host name.

* opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz headers: Couldn't resolve host name.

* opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz headers: Couldn't resolve host name.

diak@AFTR:~$

Note: I thought abt DNS issue and added two more lines in /etc/resolve.conf

“nameserver 8.8.8.8”

“nameserver 8.8.8.9”

However, the same issue still poping up.

Regards

Ameen

Ameen Al-Azzawi

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Jul 16, 2021, 12:44:09 PM7/16/21

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Sorry, I meant (8.8.4.4) not (8.8.8.9)

Alex Stewart

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Jul 16, 2021, 1:19:54 PM7/16/21

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Hi Ameen,

A few things...

This mailing list is for the yocto project's fork of opkg [1]. Unless
you've intentionally switched to this fork in your OpenWRT build, I
expect that you're using the LEDE fork of opkg [2].

Our projects share a historical ancestor, but they're diverged. Any help
that this ML could provide about your OpenWRT configuration is
incidental. I assume OpenWRT has their own mailing lists, which could
probably help you better.

[1] https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/opkg/
[2] https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/opkg-lede.git;a=summary

That being said...

On 7/16/21 11:41 AM, Ameen Al-Azzawi wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am building DS-Lite topology using "OpenWrt".
> Long story short, I need to update Opkg then install ds-lite package.
> Below is the issue: -
>
> diak@AFTR:~$ sudo opkg update
> Downloading
> http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz

> Collected errors:
> * opkg_conf_parse_file: /etc/opkg/opkg.conf:3: Ignoring invalid line:
> `lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists'
> * opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download
> http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz

> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz__;!!FbZ0ZwI3Qg!4EurJ5U3BgCoDxUqKIwQ1muINYPNRscPE8P478CWd1rl40d5uotqgNBema1TIFE$>

> headers: Couldn't resolve host name.
> * opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download
> http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz

> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz__;!!FbZ0ZwI3Qg!4EurJ5U3BgCoDxUqKIwQ1muINYPNRscPE8P478CWd1rl40d5uotqgNBejpDy8-4$>

> headers: Couldn't resolve host name.
> * opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download
> http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz

> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz__;!!FbZ0ZwI3Qg!4EurJ5U3BgCoDxUqKIwQ1muINYPNRscPE8P478CWd1rl40d5uotqgNBem5yWMRo$>

> headers: Couldn't resolve host name.
> * opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download
> http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz

> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz__;!!FbZ0ZwI3Qg!4EurJ5U3BgCoDxUqKIwQ1muINYPNRscPE8P478CWd1rl40d5uotqgNBe2veQaYI$>

> headers: Couldn't resolve host name.
> * opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download
> http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz

> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz__;!!FbZ0ZwI3Qg!4EurJ5U3BgCoDxUqKIwQ1muINYPNRscPE8P478CWd1rl40d5uotqgNBebrX1iq0$>

> headers: Couldn't resolve host name.
> * opkg_validate_cached_file: Failed to download
> http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz

> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://openwrtmirror.example.com/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz__;!!FbZ0ZwI3Qg!4EurJ5U3BgCoDxUqKIwQ1muINYPNRscPE8P478CWd1rl40d5uotqgNBe119ZkrI$>

> headers: Couldn't resolve host name.
> diak@AFTR:~$
>
>
>
> Note: I thought abt DNS issue and added two more lines in
> /etc/resolve.conf

> *“nameserver 8.8.8.8”*
> *“nameserver 8.8.8.9”*

>
> However, the same issue still poping up.

You're asking opkg-LEDE to download package indexes from a subdomain of
`example.com` - which is a placeholder domain [3].

I would guess that some step in the OpenWRT build or configuration
process would have asked you to write in the package mirror you prefer,
and it would be substituted in place of that `example.com` TLD.

But as I said above, OpenWRT's lists will probably have a better idea of
how to fix that misconfiguration.

[3] http://example.com/

Good luck!

--
Alex Stewart
Software Engineer - NI Real-Time OS
NI (National Instruments)

alex.s...@ni.com

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