OpenWrt 21.02 status

Arınç ÜNAL arinc.unal at gmail.com
Tue Jul 20 22:31:05 PDT 2021


Hi Rich

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 2:06 AM Rich Brown <richb.hanover at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Arınç
>
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Let's say we wrote a script that takes 19.07 network config and
> outputs one with DSA configuration instead, how do we implement it in
> the image that, after upgrade, it will ask the user to convert the
> swconfig configuration to DSA?
>
>
> I'm at the edge of my knowledge here - scripting ash/bash is not a strong suit. But one random neuron fires: I do wonder whether it's worth including a comment at the head of /etc/config/network something like this:
>
> # Converted with swconfig2dsa on 22Jul2021
>
> That could serve to indicate that you shouldn't run the script again.
That's an idea. Although, I was thinking the script would only run
once, i.e. after the upgrade, when the user heads to Network ->
Interfaces, a warning pops up and forces the user to migrate to DSA.
We wouldn't have to put any comment on the configuration file, keep
things clean.

Cheers.
Arınç



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