I'm trying (really hard) to make sense of what is written in this thread and might need some help from those of you more knowledgeable.
I have a D-Link DIR-860L-B1 that is currently running 18.06.1 and was about to upgrade it to 18.06.2, but I do have a few extra packages installed:
(during the initial installation I added)
opkg install kmod-usb-serial
opkg install kmod-usb-serial-option
opkg install usb-modeswitch
opkg install comgt
opkg install luci-proto-3g
opkg install usbutils
opkg install kmod-usb-storage
opkg install kmod-usb-storage-extras
opkg install kmod-fs-vfat
opkg install kmod-nls-utf8
opkg install kmod-nls-cp437
opkg install kmod-nls-iso8859-1
opkg install kmod-fs-ext4
opkg install kmod-fs-msdos
opkg install kmod-fs-ntfs
opkg install luci-lib-px5g
opkg install px5g-standalone
opkg install libustream-openssl
opkg install kmod-ledtrig-netdev
By looking at the short release note:
I learned that the kernel was upgraded:
both 4.9.x and 4.14.x being LTS branches I do not understand the discussions about API/ABI breakage.
Then, about the installed packages upgrades, process that I might need to run myself, by reading the official OpenWRT docs:
I learned that opkg is able to automatically resolve dependencies, thus, I'm not able to follow some of the posts here in this thread.
Bottom line - how should I proceed now?
Upgrade the flash by using LuCI and flash:
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-18.06.2-ramips-mt7621-dir-860l-b1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
The configuration will be preserved but I'm not sure about the extra packages I installed.
If those extra packages will remain (will they still run?) and opkg will inform me that some are upgrade-able, how should I proceed? Upgrade them with opkg?
Or, should I backup my actual config, flash the new 18.06.2 by removing everything, then install all the packages again, as new, and put the configuration back? I hope this won't be the case, it'll be overkill and I'll need to bring down the network, get the router, prepare it and install it back (it's not in my possession ATM)
Any clarifications/hints appreciated! Thanks!