Currently, the apk utility lacks accessible help documentation, making
it cumbersome for human users:
apk-tools 3.0.0_pre20240519, compiled for x86_64.
ERROR: This apk-tools has been built without help
This absence of help forces users to delve into the apk's build
directory to understand its functionality. To enhance usability, we will
enable the help feature for the host build. The host environment can
accommodate the 3% increase in binary size for the added convenience.
On Ubuntu 22.04, x86_64 platform, the apk size increases by 17,816 bytes
(from 594,144 to 611,960 bytes), a 2.99% increase. This is a reasonable
trade-off for improved ergonomics.
Additionally fix the Lua host build dependency as apk-tools uses during
the build Lua to convert SCDOC manpages to apk-tools help messages.
Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@true.cz>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15543
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
containing fixes around tar and internal checksums.
Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15646
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Drop downstream mbedtls patch since it went upstream.
Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15522
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
The host build would need Lua to compile which currently adds a race
condition. Instead of tracking that down just disable helptext for the
host build.
Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
A new option called `USE_APK` is added which generated APK packages
(.apk) instead of OPKG packages (.ipk).
Some features like fstools `snapshot` command are not yet ported
Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
APK (Alpine Package Keeper) is the package manager of Alpine Linux and
has multiple advantages over OPKG. While Alpine uses APK version 2, this
commit adds version 3 with a heavily optimised database structure and
additional feature making it suitable for OpenWrt.
This commit will be followed by many more to add APK build capabilities
to the OpenWrt build system, firstly enabling side by side builds of APK
and OPKG packages, later replacing OPKG entirely.
Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
