opkg tries to install package with wrong arch? (Was: What is Exposure?)

[Michael Sheldon]

Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> After pointing the opkg repository to
> http://downloads.openmoko.org/openmoko-repository/ASU/ per Michael
> Sheldon's instructions and doing an 'opkg update' on my FreeRunner, I
> do this:
> root at om-gta02:~# opkg -test upgrade
> Upgrading kernel on root from
> 2:2.6.24+git25+8533927964761f4e2078ccd8607b90f5acc60b93-r0 to
> 2:2.6.24+git75929+66a83c97c4545ce4f07e0d90998f906fae49caf2-r1...
> Downloading http://downloads.openmoko.org/openmoko-repository/ASU/neo1973/kernel_2.6.24+git75929+66a83c97c4545ce4f07e0d90998f906fae49caf2-r1_neo1973.ipk
> Multiple packages (kernel-2.6.24 and kernel-2.6.24) providing same
> name marked HOLD or PREFER.  Using latest.
> Multiple packages (kernel-2.6.24 and kernel-2.6.24) providing same
> name marked HOLD or PREFER.  Using latest.
> Multiple packages (kernel-2.6.24 and kernel-2.6.24) providing same
> name marked HOLD or PREFER.  Using latest.
> Multiple packages (kernel-2.6.24 and kernel-2.6.24) providing same
> name marked HOLD or PREFER.  Using latest.
> 
> Why does opkg try to install a kernel for the neo1973?
> 
> My current kernel is this one:
> 
> Package: kernel
> Version: 2:2.6.24+git25+8533927964761f4e2078ccd8607b90f5acc60b93-r0
> Depends: kernel-2.6.24
> Status: install user installed
> Architecture: om-gta02
> Installed-Time: 1217001495
> 
> But it tries to install this one:
> Package: kernel
> Version: 2:2.6.24+git75929+66a83c97c4545ce4f07e0d90998f906fae49caf2-r1
> Depends: kernel-2.6.24
> Status: unknown ok not-installed
> Section: kernel
> Architecture: neo1973
> maintainer: Angstrom Developers <angstrom-distro-devel at linuxtogo.org>
> MD5Sum: a39c6c6ecd0cf5375f3cf05568a12115
> Size: 864
> Filename: kernel_2.6.24+git75929+66a83c97c4545ce4f07e0d90998f906fae49caf2-r1_neo1973.ipk
> Source: git://git.openmoko.org/git/kernel.git;protocol=git;branch=stable
> Description: Linux 2.6.x (development) kernel for FIC SmartPhones
> shipping w/ Openmoko
> 
> Why?

  It seems there are no om-gta02 kernel packages on downloads; as such 
I've updated the feeds config at 
http://www.mikeasoft.com/~mike/opkg-asu.tar.gz to include the buildhost 
om-gta02 repository, and I'm now getting correct kernels being installed 
when upgrading.

  Cheers,
   Mike.