Worrisome output from "opkg -test update" in 2007.2

[Dale Schumacher]

I'm running 2007.2.  My last opkg update/upgrade was 2008-07-24.  I've
been watching for a stable point to upgrade and thought now might be
it.  I started with "opkg update".  After that completed, I tried
"opkg -test update".  This resulted in several messages that concern
me.  This first group is:

Upgrading task-base-kernel26 on root from 1.0-r69 to 1.0-r71...
Downloading http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily-feed/om-gta02/task-base-kernel26_1.0-r71_om-gta02.ipk
task-base-kernel26: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-input
task-base-kernel26: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-rtc-dev
task-base-kernel26: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-rtc-proc
task-base-kernel26: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-rtc-sysfs
task-base-kernel26: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-rtc-sa1100
task-base-kernel26: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-unix

Does this indicate a problem with the kernel upgrade?  Is it still not
stable?  Later is another set of similar messages:

Upgrading task-base-usbhost on root from 1.0-r69 to 1.0-r71...
Downloading http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily-feed/om-gta02/task-base-usbhost_1.0-r71_om-gta02.ipk
task-base-usbhost: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-uhci-hcd
task-base-usbhost: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-ehci-hcd
task-base-usbhost: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-usbcore
task-base-usbhost: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-usbnet
task-base-usbhost: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-usbmouse
task-base-usbhost: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-mousedev
Upgrading task-base-vfat on root from 1.0-r69 to 1.0-r71...
Downloading http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily-feed/om-gta02/task-base-vfat_1.0-r71_om-gta02.ipk
task-base-vfat: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-msdos
task-base-vfat: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-vfat
task-base-vfat: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-nls-iso8859-1
task-base-vfat: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-nls-cp437
Upgrading task-base-wifi on root from 1.0-r69 to 1.0-r71...
Downloading http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily-feed/om-gta02/task-base-wifi_1.0-r71_om-gta02.ipk
task-base-wifi: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-zd1211rw
task-base-wifi: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-ieee80211-crypt
task-base-wifi: unsatisfied recommendation for
kernel-module-ieee80211-crypt-ccmp
task-base-wifi: unsatisfied recommendation for
kernel-module-ieee80211-crypt-tkip
task-base-wifi: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-ieee80211-crypt-wep
task-base-wifi: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-crypto_algapi
task-base-wifi: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-cryptomgr
task-base-wifi: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-aes
Upgrading task-boot on root from 1.0-r43 to 1.0-r45...
Downloading http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily-feed/om-gta02/task-boot_1.0-r45_om-gta02.ipk
Upgrading task-distro-base on root from 1.0-r69 to 1.0-r71...
Downloading http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily-feed/om-gta02/task-distro-base_1.0-r71_om-gta02.ipk
task-distro-base: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-vfat
task-distro-base: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-af-packet
Upgrading task-machine-base on root from 1.0-r69 to 1.0-r71...
Downloading http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily-feed/om-gta02/task-machine-base_1.0-r71_om-gta02.ipk
task-machine-base: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-gta01-pm-bt
task-machine-base: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-gta01-pm-gps
task-machine-base: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-gta01-pm-gsm
task-machine-base: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-gta01kbd
task-machine-base: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-s3cmci

Finally we have these messages:

Collected errors:
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libpixmap.so
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file
/usr/share/themes/Default/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/share/themes/Emacs/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libpixmap.so
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file
/usr/share/themes/Default/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/share/themes/Emacs/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libpixmap.so
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file
/usr/share/themes/Default/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/share/themes/Emacs/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libpixmap.so
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file
/usr/share/themes/Default/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling
 * Package gtk+ wants to install file /usr/share/themes/Emacs/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc
	But that file is already provided by package  * gtk+-fastscaling

I support these may be workarounds, especially for the gtk+ issues,
involved forced up/downgrades, etc.  The point of a package system is
to properly document and handle these dependency issues so we can
safely keep our systems up-to-date.  Can this be fixed by updated some
dependency information somewhere?  What is the safest route to take
from here?  It certainly doesn't seem safe to "opkg upgrade" at this
point.