I never had a value for "Script to run on first boot" should I do it now?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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The gl-mt6000 wiki says

If creating a custom image, do not leave the “Script to run on first boot (uci-defaults)” box empty. If you do, the default reflash will be “Keep Configuration”, causing problems later. A simple `#` entered into the empty box is sufficient.

When I got mine a while ago, I did not know about this so I just flashed a sysupgrade image and it has been fine. If I want to follow the advice now, what will happen if I build an image with this file in it files/usr/libexec/uci-defaults/fake.sh

#!/bin/sh
# comment
exit 0

The wiki isn’t clear on the “causing problems later” part.

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as I read it this is only valid for initial flashing from stock to OpenWRT ?
a post flash reset should solve any issues that may occur ?

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That's how I read it, too. You certainly don't need an empty defaults script after you've installed OpenWrt...

Since you are already running real OpenWrt, basically nothing; that just eats another few bytes in flash and does not change functionality in any way.

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I am confused as "stock" is an OpenWrt fork as I understand it.

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This is referring to the firmware selector.

If you are just downloading the standard image, you do not need to do anything.

If you are clicking "Customize installed packages and/or first boot script" so you can modify what is listed in the " Installed Packages" textbox, then you should NOT leave the " Script to run on first boot (uci-defaults)" text box empty. Either add some lines of script to do what you want it to do or add the "#" symbol - this means "comment" or "no-op".

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"All" routers run Openwrt to some extent, even the unsupported/able ones..

What gl.inet is using as an USP could technically be used by all vendors.

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