Wpad-openssl won't install, can't find conflict

[Stilez]

The device is a Netgear R8000, the system is 18.06.2. Any ideas what I'm missing?

~# opkg update    [succeeds]
~# opkg install -V2 wpad-openssl
opkg_conf_parse_file: Loading conf file /etc/opkg.conf.
opkg_conf_parse_file: Loading conf file /etc/opkg/customfeeds.conf.
opkg_conf_parse_file: Loading conf file /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf.
pkg_hash_load_feeds:
pkg_hash_load_feeds:
pkg_hash_load_feeds:
pkg_hash_load_feeds:
pkg_hash_load_status_files:
pkg_info_preinstall_check: Updating file owner list.
Installing wpad-openssl (2018-05-21-62566bc2-5) to root...
opkg_configure_packages: Configuring unpacked packages.
opkg_configure_packages: Reordering packages before configuring them...
Collected errors:
 * check_conflicts_for: The following packages conflict with wpad-openssl:
 * check_conflicts_for:         wpad *
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wpad-openssl.

But nothing that appears to conflict is installed...

~# opkg list-installed | grep -iE '(wpa|hostap|ssl)'
hostapd-common - 2018-05-21-62566bc2-5
hostapd-utils - 2018-05-21-62566bc2-5
libopenssl - 1.0.2q-1
libustream-openssl - 2018-07-30-23a3f283-1
luci-ssl-openssl - git-19.034.35162-a0ae6c9-1
openssl-util - 1.0.2q-1

and even running on verbose level 5 doesn't seem to suggest a reason (although the output is long, so maybe I'm not seeing it)

 ~# opkg install -V5 wpad-openssl   [LAST LINES]
opkg_recurse_pkgs_in_order: Descending on pkg libc.
opkg_recurse_pkgs_in_order: pkg libc already visited, skipping.
opkg_recurse_pkgs_in_order: Descending on pkg libpcap.
opkg_recurse_pkgs_in_order: pkg libpcap already visited, skipping.
write_status_files_if_changed: Nothing to be done.
hash_table: pkg-hash, 12288 bytes
        n_buckets=1024, n_elements=1874, n_collisions=1015
        max_bucket_len=7, n_used_buckets=859, ave_bucket_len=2.18
        n_hits=71022, n_misses=18796
hash_table: file-hash, 12288 bytes
        n_buckets=1024, n_elements=1124, n_collisions=429
        max_bucket_len=5, n_used_buckets=695, ave_bucket_len=1.62
        n_hits=0, n_misses=1124
hash_table: obs-file-hash, 768 bytes
        n_buckets=64, n_elements=0, n_collisions=0
        max_bucket_len=0, n_used_buckets=0, ave_bucket_len=0.00
        n_hits=0, n_misses=0
Collected errors:
 * check_conflicts_for: The following packages conflict with wpad-openssl:
 * check_conflicts_for:         wpad *
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wpad-openssl.

[2]+  Done(255)                  opkg install -V5 wpad-openssl

Any ideas?

[mbo2o]

check for conflicts with

opkg info wpad-openssl

[Stilez]

@mbo2o

opkg info wpad-openssl

It worked - but the followup suggests the error was spurious - what do you make of the output?

~# opkg info wpad-openssl
Package: wpad-openssl
Version: 2018-05-21-62566bc2-5
Depends: libc, libnl-tiny, hostapd-common, libubus, libopenssl
Provides: hostapd, wpa-supplicant
Conflicts: hostapd, hostapd-mini, hostapd-openssl, hostapd-wolfssl, wpad, wpad-mesh-openssl, wpad-mesh-wolfssl, wpad-mini, wpad, wpad-mesh-openssl, wpad-mesh-wolfssl, wpad-mini
Status: unknown ok not-installed
Filename: wpad-openssl_2018-05-21-62566bc2-5_arm_cortex-a9.ipk

Okay, let's go check 'em...

~# opkg list-installed | grep -E '(hostapd|hostapd-mini|hostapd-openssl|hostapd-wolfssl|wpad|wpad-mesh-openssl|wpad-mesh-wolfssl|wpad-mini|wpad|wpad-mesh-openssl|wpad-mesh-wolfssl|wpad-mini)'
hostapd-common - 2018-05-21-62566bc2-5
hostapd-utils - 2018-05-21-62566bc2-5

Culprits! Remove them and install wpad!

~# opkg remove hostapd-common hostapd-utils
Removing package hostapd-common from root...
Removing package hostapd-utils from root...

~# opkg install wpad-openssl
Installing wpad-openssl (2018-05-21-62566bc2-5) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/packages/arm_cortex-a9/base/wpad-openssl_2018-05-21-62566bc2-5_arm_cortex-a9.ipk
Installing hostapd-common (2018-05-21-62566bc2-5) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/packages/arm_cortex-a9/base/hostapd-common_2018-05-21-62566bc2-5_arm_cortex-a9.ipk
Configuring hostapd-common.
Configuring wpad-openssl.

But wait a moment. hostapd-common isn't in conflict after all? Let's try hostapd-utils...

~# opkg install hostapd-utils
Installing hostapd-utils (2018-05-21-62566bc2-5) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.2/packages/arm_cortex-a9/base/hostapd-utils_2018-05-21-62566bc2-5_arm_cortex-a9.ipk
Configuring hostapd-utils.

That one's not in conflict either. Let's check what's finally installed

~# opkg list-installed | grep -E '(hostapd|hostapd-mini|hostapd-openssl|hostapd-wolfssl|wpad|wpad-mesh-openssl|wpad-mesh-wolfssl|wpad-mini|wpad|wpad-mesh-openssl|wpad-mesh-wolfssl|wpad-mini)'
hostapd-common - 2018-05-21-62566bc2-5
hostapd-utils - 2018-05-21-62566bc2-5
wpad-openssl - 2018-05-21-62566bc2-5

All three are now co-existing. The outcome isn't very surprising since wpad is basically hostapd + a supplicant.

But why have those two packages been set up to be a package conflict with wpad, since they clearly aren't? And why couldn't opkg report what the conflicting packages were?

[mbo2o]

are you trying to install wpad or wpad-openssl

[Stilez]

Openssl - and thanks for the catch. It now works, the conflict list is different for the openssl version