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Topic: broken ImageBuilder in Kamikaze and Backfire ?

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tried to use ImageBuilder from Kamikaze 8.09.2.....OpenWrt-ImageBuilder-brcm-2.4-for-Linux-i686.tar.bz2
read the ImageMaker Wiki, installed all prerequesites, using Debian Linux, 64 bit
extracted bz2 file, runnung as as a user (not root)

@optiplex:~/Downloads/OWRT$ make info V=s
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home//Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home//Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home//Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home//Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
--: /home/Downloads/OWRT/include/shell.sh;: No such file or directory
Makefile:75: recipe for target 'info' failed
make: *** [info] Error 1

tried to enter "make info PROFILE= with  names found in /target/linux/profiles/brcm2.4/   ......same error messages result !

so I tried to get Backfire 10.03 and 10.03.1 ....same problem

Went to Attitude Adjustment 12.09 , and  "make info" showed available profiles, and  "make image PROFILES=xxx started running

/home/Downloads/OWRT$ make info
Current Target: "brcm47xx"
Default Packages: base-files libc libgcc busybox dropbear mtd uci opkg hotplug2 netifd wpad-mini kmod-switch kmod-diag nvram dnsmasq iptables ppp ppp-mod-pppoe kmod-ipt-nathelper firewall
Available Profiles:

Broadcom-b43:
    Broadcom BCM43xx WiFi (b43, default)
    Packages: kmod-b43 kmod-b43legacy
Broadcom-wl:
    Broadcom BCM43xx WiFi (wl, proprietary)
    Packages: -wpad-mini kmod-brcm-wl wlc nas
Broadcom-ath5k:
    Atheros WiFi (ath5k)
    Packages: kmod-ath5k
Broadcom-none:
    No WiFi
    Packages: -wpad-mini
Bcm4705-b43:
    BCM4705/BCM4785, Broadcom BCM43xx WiFi (b43)
    Packages: kmod-b43 kmod-b43legacy kmod-tg3
Bcm4705-wl:
    BCM4705/BCM4785, BCM43xx WiFi (wl, proprietary)
    Packages: -wpad-mini kmod-brcm-wl wlc nas kmod-tg3
Bcm4705-none:
    BCM4705/BCM4785, no WiFi
    Packages: -wpad-mini kmod-tg3
Ps1208mfg:
    Edimax PS-1208MFG
    Packages: -firewall -dropbear -dnsmasq -mtd -ppp -wpad-mini block-mount kmod-usb-storage kmod-usb2 kmod-usb-ohci -iptables -kmod-switch kmod-fs-ext4 block-extroot
WGT634U:
    Netgear WGT634U
    Packages: kmod-ath5k kmod-usb-core kmod-usb2 kmod-ocf-ubsec-ssb
WL500GPv1:
    ASUS WL-500g Premium v1 (Atheros WiFi using ath5k)
    Packages: kmod-ath5k kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-uhci kmod-usb2
WRT350Nv1:
    Linksys WRT350Nv1
    Packages: kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb2 kmod-tg3 kmod-ocf-ubsec-ssb
WRTSL54GS:
    Linksys WRTSL54GS
    Packages: kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb2 kmod-usb-storage kmod-scsi-core kmod-fs-ext3 e2fsprogs kmod-b43


Is Image Maker broken in these two old versions ?  (Kamikaze,  Backfire )
Am I doing something wrong ?

Thanks !

(Last edited by jenom on 26 Jul 2017, 17:13)

jenom wrote:

Is Image Maker broken in these two old versions ?  (Kamikaze,  Backfire )

Probably yes, but nobody knows any more as nobody is using those almost decade-old versions...

Most likely the compilers used for those 2008 and 2010 releases are not quite compatible with the Linux that you are running in 2017. Typically the old compilers used for those releases misbehave with current Linux versions (as the binaries have been compiled for Linux of year 2008 etc.)

If you really need those ancient deprecated versions, you might download and install an ancient Ubuntu from the same time into a virtual machine and run the imagegenerator in that. Hopefully that works better.

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