Steps to hose your dsl modem and require a reset to recover.
Ok looks like there was some nasty vulnerability found in the linux kernel which explains all the recent build activity and probably why things are in flux. Will be patient.
And there are several posts around here about not upgrading packages.
From my diary:
-ko- bulk-update got stuck at
netifd - 2018-11-19-4b83102d-2 - 2019-06-15-9932ed02-1
... Failesafe mode, Soft Factory Reset ...
-ko- single update (except netifd) partially ok, partially with lots of errors
e.g.
root@oparch:~# opkg upgrade firewall
Upgrading firewall on root from 2018-08-13-1c4d5bcd-1 to 2019-01-02-70f8785b-2...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/packages/mips_24kc/base/firewall_2019-01-02-70f8785b-2_mips_24kc.ipk
Warning: Unable to locate ipset utility, disabling ipset support
Warning: Section @zone[1] (wan) cannot resolve device of network 'SpeedPort_2GHz'
Warning: Section @zone[1] (wan) cannot resolve device of network 'SpeedPort_5GHz'
Warning: Section @zone[1] (wan) cannot resolve device of network 'SpeedPort'
Warning: Section @zone[1] (wan) cannot resolve device of network 'SpeedPort2GHz'
Warning: Section @zone[1] (wan) cannot resolve device of network 'wwan'
:
Upgrading luci-base on root from git-19.020.41695-6f6641d-1 to git-19.170.32094-4d6d8bc-1...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/packages/mips_24kc/luci/luci-base_git-19.170.32094-4d6d8bc-1_mips_24kc.ipk
Error loading shared library libjson-c.so.2: No such file or directory (needed by /usr/bin/jshn)
Error loading shared library libjson-c.so.2: No such file or directory (needed by /lib/libblobmsg_json.so)
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: array_list_length: symbol not found
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: json_object_get_array: symbol not found
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: json_object_put: symbol not found
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: array_list_get_idx: symbol not found
:
root@oparch:~# opkg upgrade logd
Upgrading logd on root from 2018-02-14-128bc35f-2 to 2019-06-16-4df34a4d-2...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/packages/mips_24kc/base/logd_2019-06-16-4df34a4d-2_mips_24kc.ipk
Error loading shared library libjson-c.so.2: No such file or directory (needed by /usr/bin/jshn)
Error loading shared library libjson-c.so.2: No such file or directory (needed by /lib/libblobmsg_json.so)
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: array_list_length: symbol not found
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: json_object_get_array: symbol not found
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: json_object_put: symbol not found
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: array_list_get_idx: symbol not found
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: json_object_get_string: symbol not found
Error relocating /lib/libblobmsg_json.so: json_object_get_type: symbol not found
:
root@oparch:~# opkg upgrade uhttpd
Upgrading uhttpd on root from 2018-11-28-cdfc902a-2 to 2019-06-16-91fcac34-3...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/packages/mips_24kc/base/uhttpd_2019-06-16-91fcac34-3_mips_24kc.ipk
Error loading shared library libjson-c.so.2: No such file or directory (needed by /bin/ubus)
Configuring uhttpd.
Error loading shared library libjson-c.so.2: No such file or directory (needed by /bin/ubus)
:
reboot
... Failesafe mode, Soft Factory Reset ...
-ko- Midnight Commander is not installable any more
root@oparch:~# opkg install mc
Installing mc (4.8.20-2) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/packages/mips_24kc/packages/mc_4.8.20-2_mips_24kc.ipk
Collected errors:
* satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for mc:
* librpc
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package mc.
The God of OpenWrt probably suffers the heat ?!
True but not everyone comes on here. Guess having a daily upgrade script in general is a bad idea. Gotten away with it until 18.06. Always a balance between staying patched and staying stable. Love OpenWRT and what devs give me for free so more a warning for others than complaining.
(edit: doh recommendation is not opkg upgrade ever. Ok news to me but so be it. Now I know.