Re: [OE-core][PATCH v2] opkg: upgrade 0.7.0 -> 0.9.0

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Thu Oct 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM CEST, Etienne Cordonnier via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> From: Etienne Cordonnier <ecordonnier@snap.com>
>
> See release notes at
> - http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/opkg/opkg-0.9.0.release-notes
> - http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/opkg/opkg-0.8.0.release-notes
>
> [0.9.0] - 2025-06-27
>
> Semiannual opkg release.
> Bumping the minor version as a result of the project build tooling changing from autotools to cmake.
>
> - Added a Dockerfile container definition (`:docker/`) for a valid developer build environment for opkg.
>   - It's recommended that project contributors use this container to build and test their changes.
> - The AutoTools-based build framework has [been replaced](https://git.yoctoproject.org/opkg/commit/?id=3f6040e321634471ec442fb0e80f140f1437e90b) with a more modern, CMake framework.
>   - Refer to the `docs/CONTRIBUTING.md` documentation for updated build instructions.
>
> [0.8.0] - 2025-01-10
>
> The minor version bump in this release is due to the changes to cURL error output line format.
>
> - [Changed](https://git.yoctoproject.org/opkg/commit/?id=ab03377868256427279b36c4b2a298edae4260b8) the error output for the curl download backend, to now report the HTTP error code for failed requests.
>   - e.g. `error: log_curl_download_error: Failed to download headers of https://foo.bar/all/Packages.gz: The requested URL returned error: 401`
> - Enabling debug-verbosity, while using the cURL backend, [will now](https://git.yoctoproject.org/opkg/commit/?id=ce6fede3db931bb0da70d1334cdc4101d0aec702) print cURL's verbose error log to stderr when there is a download failure.
>   - The verbose output may contain confidential information about your cURL transactions. So this is your reminder that debug-verbosity should not be enabled in production systems or sensitive security environments.
> - The commandline configuration file option (`-f`) [can now](https://git.yoctoproject.org/opkg/commit/?id=36d08b93d2859992b624a4ba2f412cfa5c766050) be specified multiple times, and each configuration file will be loaded and their settings merged.
> - [Fixed](https://git.yoctoproject.org/opkg/commit/?id=c87188d7535684fddb8cf80993c147b215602b63) a bug in control field parsing where custom fields whose keys are similar to other fields could be confused by the parser.
>
> Signed-off-by: Etienne Cordonnier <ecordonnier@snap.com>
> ---

Hi Etienne,

Thanks for the new version. However we now have another issue:

ERROR: core-image-sato-1.0-r0 do_rootfs: Unable to install packages. Command '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/qemuarm64-poky-linux/core-image-sato/1.0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin/opkg --volatile-cache -f /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/qemuarm64-poky-linux/core-image-sato/1.0/opkg.conf -t /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/qemuarm64-poky-linux/core-image-sato/1.0/temp/ipktemp/ -o /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/qemuarm64-poky-linux/core-image-sato/1.0/rootfs  --force-postinstall --prefer-arch-to-version   install locale-base-c locale-base-en-gb locale-base-en-us' returned 255:
error: pkg_extract_data_file_names_to_stream: Failed to extract data.tar.* from package '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/qemuarm64-poky-linux/core-image-sato/1.0/rootfs//var/cache/opkg/volatile.121547/938adf05ba43d7b754c8c03468af836d_glibc-binary-localedata-c_2.42+git-r0_cortexa57.ipk'.
error: pkg_get_installed_files: Error extracting file list from /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/qemuarm64-poky-linux/core-image-sato/1.0/rootfs//var/cache/opkg/volatile.121547/938adf05ba43d7b754c8c03468af836d_glibc-binary-localedata-c_2.42+git-r0_cortexa57.ipk.
Installing glibc-binary-localedata-c (2.42+git) on root
Downloading file:/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/qemuarm64-poky-linux/core-image-sato/1.0/oe-rootfs-repo/cortexa57/glibc-binary-localedata-c_2.42+git-r0_cortexa57.ipk.

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/9/builds/2584
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/20/builds/2576
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/22/builds/2629
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/65/builds/2594
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/74/builds/2582
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/93/builds/2600

Can you have a look at what is the issue here?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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