[Solved]How to update openwrt on RPi4 [Solved]

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello,

I use RPi4 with openwrt for router. Works extremely well.
I installed it from a snapshot here: https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/bcm27xx/bcm2711/
I use it with the following packages: mwan3, keepalived, conntrackd, nginx, snmpd and others.

Is there a way to update the software (with a new kernel, etc.) without overwriting with a new image?

The reasons for my question.
The last time I did opkg upgrade $ (opkg list-upgradable | awk '{print $ 1}') - the system went into read-only because of base-files
After I turned it off like this: opkg upgrade $ (opkg list-upgradable | grep -v base-files | awk '{print $ 1}')
There was a discrepancy in the version of the kernel and the modules and it stopped working which forced me to rewrite the image.

Regards,
A.H.

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No really.

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4

Hello,

I understand that routers with built-in flash cannot be updated without flashing, but I don't understand why x86_64 and those with an ext4 image can't be updated as standard OS?

Regards,

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It has nothing to do with built-in flash or any of that. It is just that Openwrt due to keeping complexity low doesn't have a package manager with full featured dependency management.

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Hello,

Thanks for the reply.

Maybe one day there will be such functionality.

Regards,

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Not likely, since it requires space, which is something most devices don't have plenty of.

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