Completed compile (I think it is) to $ make dirclean (Solved (see follow up message to read all of the necessary data))

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Greetings

Have a NanopiR4S 4GB version.
Think I have completed the compile (a long time mentor was a openwrt guru but he's gone some over 4 years already so reaching out here) to make dirclean.

What do I do now?

(I added luci and a bunch of other stuff into the compile.)

Wanting to set up a excellent router - - - just know diddly about openwrt - - - don't mind using cli if I've got cheat sheets to follow but do get lost and need direction on occasion.

Please advise.

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Wulfy?

Have you flashed the new build? Are you happy with it?

If you are happy with the build, I would just usually use rm -rf bin build_dir tmp instead of dirclean.

Then I run:

./scripts/diffconfig.sh > configdiff
cp configdiff .config
make defconfig

If you don't ask, well . . .

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(I was forced to reboot my system this morning so that might result in issues.)

Blockquote Then I run:

./scripts/diffconfig.sh > configdiff
cp configdiff .config
make defconfig

so tried the first line
./scripts/diffconfig.sh > configdiff

get these 2 lines:

Blockquote
can't open file 'tmp/.diffconfig.stage1' at ./scripts/kconfig.pl line 32.
can't open file 'tmp/.diffconfig.stage2' at ./scripts/kconfig.pl line 32.
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What in the heck does that mean?
(the explanation makes it clear that there was a problem but really nothing much past that)

TIA

(Can I add I HATE markup!!!)

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My apologies. I assumed too much.

You asked about make dirclean. You should be able to just use a normal make clean or rm -rf bin build_dir tmp.

dirclean will clear your toolchain that needs to be rebuilt again.
Cleaning

The next code block I run post build so I have a ready to use .config based on my latest build.
Save the build config changes.

Your best source for info can be found Here

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No apologies necessary - - - - I'm sorta used to not knowing what I"m doing and just tackling some crazy whoopee stuff. (Did that with virtual systems and then found what I wanted just - - well it weren't there!)

Did the make dirclean and was successful.

What I wanted to do was to not only have the basic system (like here - - https://openwrt.org/toh/friendlyarm/nanopi_r4s_v1 )
but to also have included luci and and and (you know all the stuff that I tried to compile into the system - - grin!).

No sure how to get to something that looks like this:

openwrt-22.03.5-rockchip-armv8-friendlyarm_nanopi-r4s-ext4-sysupgrade.img.gz

but has everything that I want in it.

Looking at the pages in the group you listed - - well - - I'm not seeing the next steps.

Would you be able to point me to a list or something - - please?

TIA

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