[OpenWrt-Users] why do "ipkg list" and "ipkg list_installed" generate same output?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, RB wrote:

> On a freshly-installed system that hasn't had 'ipkg update' run, the
> included packages are the only ones it 'knows' about, hence the
> identical output.  Those packages included in the image are still
> maintained as packages (as opposed to being treated as an integral
> portion of the firmware blob) in order to facilitate maintenance.

ah, of course, now i remember.  thanks.

rday
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