Error: Impossible package selection

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Hi,

I am not sure where to post this but I keep receiving an "Error: Impossible package selection" when using the image builder.

STDERR:

Generate local signing keys...
Generate local certificate...
Package list missing or not up-to-date, generating it.

Building package index...
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/targets/mediatek/mt7622/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /builder/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/root-mediatek/../../../../builder/dl/openwrt_core
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/targets/mediatek/mt7622/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /builder/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/root-mediatek/../../../../builder/dl/openwrt_base
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /builder/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/root-mediatek/../../../../builder/dl/openwrt_luci
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /builder/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/root-mediatek/../../../../builder/dl/openwrt_packages
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/routing/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /builder/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/root-mediatek/../../../../builder/dl/openwrt_routing
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/routing/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/telephony/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /builder/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/root-mediatek/../../../../builder/dl/openwrt_telephony
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/telephony/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading file:packages/Packages
Updated list of available packages in /builder/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/root-mediatek/../../../../builder/dl/imagebuilder
Downloading file:packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Collected errors:
 * opkg_install_pkg: Checksum or size mismatch for package busybox. Either the opkg or the package index are corrupt. Try 'opkg update'.
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package busybox.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/luci_git-24.322.79771-ee4c08d_all.ipk, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_install_pkg: Failed to download luci. Perhaps you need to run 'opkg update'?
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package luci.
 * opkg_install_pkg: Checksum or size mismatch for package nano-full. Either the opkg or the package index are corrupt. Try 'opkg update'.
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package nano-full.
 * opkg_install_pkg: Checksum or size mismatch for package busybox. Either the opkg or the package index are corrupt. Try 'opkg update'.
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package busybox.
make[2]: *** [Makefile:189: package_install] Error 255
make[1]: *** [Makefile:154: _call_manifest] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:274: manifest] Error 2

Thanks,

Aaron

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Is there a specific reason why you are using an outdated imagebuilder in 23.05?
23.05.3 instead of the current 23.05.5.

Some packages have binary dependencies (ABI versions differ), and the old imagebuilder has links to already removed core package versions. Use the current 23.05.5.

If you want the old 23.05.3, you need to build from sources with the full toolchain, and you can still get a coherent outdated package selection included.

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Oh, I did not realise I had selected the wrong version.

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I had the same error on just one version back 23.05.4. This is surprising that packages one release back from current are gone. What can be done if say you have production running on older version and now there is no way to install package like nfs?

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You can still compile the whole firmware from sources. That works quite normally.

And actually, the version-specific kmods (like nfs driver) are still there. The challenge is about user-space vanilla packages that have ABI versioning.

But yeah, due to the continuous package repo compilation, only the most recent .dot release is fully supported, and there are gaps regarding a few individual packages for the older .dot releases.

But if you are using imagebuilder in any case, you are re-compiling firmware, so just use the current imagebuilder instead of the deprecated one.

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How long does it take you to recompile the world?

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Firmware for one router? Maybe 25 minutes for me.

For all targets & architectures by the buildbot worker armada? several days.

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