Hey everyone, I saw a few posts online about this topic, for example this one. I modified the package/base-files/image-config.in file (I modified the lines 153-265) and compiled, but nothing changes after I flashed the resulting image.
It still shows the openwrt defaults when I look inside the flashed board's /etc/openwrt_release file.
Why are the openwrt defaults still being used instead?
you made some changes you're not showing us, and now you want us to solve the problem for you.
is that an accurate summary ?
Let me know what is relevant and I can show you...
All I did was change the string fields inside image-config.in
how about you post them ?
Lines 153 to 265 is where I made the changes:
menuconfig VERSIONOPT
bool "Version configuration options" if IMAGEOPT
default y
help
These options allow to override the version information embedded in
the /etc/openwrt_version, /etc/openwrt_release, /etc/banner,
/etc/opkg.conf, and /etc/os-release files. Usually there is no need
to set these, but they're useful for release builds or custom OpenWrt
redistributions that should carry custom version tags.
if VERSIONOPT
config VERSION_DIST
string "nice"
prompt "Release distribution"
default "OpenWrt"
help
This is the name of the release distribution.
If unspecified, it defaults to OpenWrt.
config VERSION_NUMBER
string "b1.0"
prompt "Release version number"
help
This is the release version number embedded in the image.
If unspecified, it defaults to SNAPSHOT for the master branch
or to ##.##-SNAPSHOT on release branches.
config VERSION_CODE
string
prompt "Release version code"
help
This is the release version code embedded in the image.
If unspecified, it defaults to a revision number describing the
repository version of the source, e.g. the number of commits
since a branch point or a short Git commit ID.
config VERSION_REPO
string
prompt "Release repository"
default "https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05-SNAPSHOT"
help
This is the repository address embedded in the image, it defaults
to the trunk snapshot repo; the url may contain the following placeholders:
%R .. Repository revision ID
%V .. Configured release version number or "SNAPSHOT", uppercase
%v .. Configured release version number or "snapshot", lowercase
%C .. Configured release revision code or value of %R, uppercase
%c .. Configured release revision code or value of %R, lowercase
%D .. Distribution name or "OpenWrt", uppercase
%d .. Distribution name or "openwrt", lowercase
%T .. Target name
%S .. Target/Subtarget name
%A .. Package architecture
%t .. Build taint flags, e.g. "no-all busybox"
%M .. Manufacturer name or "OpenWrt"
%P .. Product name or "Generic"
%h .. Hardware revision or "v0"
config VERSION_HOME_URL
string ""
prompt "Release Homepage"
help
This is the release version homepage
config VERSION_MANUFACTURER
string "nice"
prompt "Manufacturer name"
help
This is the manufacturer name embedded in /etc/device_info
Useful for OEMs building OpenWrt based firmware
config VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL
string ""
prompt "Manufacturer URL"
help
This is an URL to the manufacturer's website embedded in /etc/device_info
Useful for OEMs building OpenWrt based firmware
config VERSION_BUG_URL
string
prompt "Bug reporting URL"
help
This is an URL to provide users for providing bug reports
config VERSION_SUPPORT_URL
string
prompt "Support URL"
help
This an URL to provide users seeking support
config VERSION_PRODUCT
string "Simple AP"
prompt "Product name"
help
This is the product name embedded in /etc/device_info
Useful for OEMs building OpenWrt based firmware
config VERSION_HWREV
string "v1"
prompt "Hardware revision"
help
This is the hardware revision string embedded in /etc/device_info
Useful for OEMs building OpenWrt based firmware
config VERSION_FILENAMES
bool
prompt "Version number in filenames"
default y
help
Enable this to include the version number in firmware image, SDK-
and Image Builder archive file names
My question is, are there any other files I should edit for these changes to take effect? because as it stands, they do not reflect in the compiled images.
AFAIK you shouldn't be directly editing that file. It's used to provide the options within the config menu you get by running make menuconfig. You need to run that command, add 'Image Configuration' by pressing Y and you can then go into it to change the various options.
Set it up in your nconfig/menuconfig.
Set CONFIG_VERSIONOPT=y and CONFIG_IMAGEOPT=y in your .config.
In menuconfig select Image configuration and enter the Image configuration submenu where you can see all the branding options.
I was interpreting it all wrong then!! This seems much more solid, I am compiling it now, should be all right! Thank you @krazeh and @RuralRoots
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