Ramips/mt7621 | mipsel_24kc: PKGs size differ on mirrors with same name

[monateng]

Since a few days, I noticed that only the age and size of the packages changed on mirror.
The version of the package is untouched. Some packages will be smaller, others bigger than before.

Shouldn't the version change every time the packages are updated?

Like:

root@gw001x:~# ls -lsah /mnt/shares/openwrt/pkgs/ | grep "coreutils"
128.0K -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38.2K Apr 17 08:35 coreutils-stat_9.3-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
128.0K -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 998 Apr 17 08:34 coreutils_9.3-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk

root@gw001x:~# sha256sum /mnt/shares/openwrt/pkgs/coreutils*

2953262c893825a44b512907508f7fe171071313b4428786e6f7fe5394225498 /mnt/shares/openwrt/pkgs/coreutils-stat_9.3-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk

709494b6237732f6daf048d6d296ac89040e24ad4189e9b4aebea52e882e22eb /mnt/shares/openwrt/pkgs/coreutils_9.3-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk

Sometimes the size differs between mirrors like for bmon "bmon_4.0-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk"

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0-rc7/targets/ramips/mt7621/packages
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0-rc7/packages/mipsel_24kc/packages

Could you please let me know, why these happens

[eduperez]

You seem to be comparing "coreutils-stat_9.3-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk" angainst "coreutils_9.3-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk"; those are obviously two different packages.

Which is the mirror where "bmon_4.0-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk" is different?

[monateng]

Sorry @eduperez
It is not about the two mentioned packages. These are examples.

Because, as mentioned, many files on the mirror-SRV has been updated without updating the name / version. If you want, I can provide all PKG in name and size with the updated date on the mirror-SRV.

The two mirrors for my example are mentioned in the 1. post under the PKG-name bmon

#       -     30.6K 2025-04-22 02:00:42 +0200 ./bmon_4.0-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
#       -     28.7K 2025-04-22 01:58:12 +0200 ./bmon_4.0-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk.20250422
#       -       685 2025-04-22 02:00:42 +0200 ./bmon_4.0-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk.curl_result
#       -       506 2025-04-22 01:58:12 +0200 ./bmon_4.0-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk.curl_result_20250422