[WLANware] Problems with Firmware Builder

Lorenz Schori lorenz.schori at gmx.ch
Sat Apr 21 19:30:57 CEST 2007 

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Hi all

I'm mergin Dans changes into the firmware builder 1.4.5. Now there is  
a problem with a command line flag (Dans: -F output filename, FFs: -F  
Generate Failsafe Edition) and a rather cosmetic thing (-v for  
version and -V for verbose).

I propose to use -o for the output file, -v for verbose and -V for  
version. Okay?

Lorenz

Am 21.04.2007 um 04:19 schrieb Dan Flett:

> Nice to see people using the Firmware Builder!  I'll get Tom to  
> publish the
> PHP code behind the Melbourne Wireless builder.  But keep in mind  
> it is
> customised for the Melbourne Wireless website, it's 10.10.x.x IP  
> allocation
> system and it's MySQL user and mapping database.
>
> The source for the bash version of the Melbourne Wireless Builder  
> is here:
>
> http://flett.zapto.org/automagic-20061209.tgz
>
> It is very closely based on the Freifunk OpenWRT Kit, but does page  
> scapes
> of the Melbourne Wireless site to obtain user data.  It also has the
> auto-generate wldhcp code in it.
>
> The gen-openwrt in the Melbourne Wireless version has a couple of  
> features I
> added after my last contrib to Freifunk: the "-F" flag that allows  
> you to
> specify an output filename - so you don't have to use ">" to  
> redirect the
> output.  This allows the next feature: the "-V" flag for Verbose  
> output.  It
> redirects command outputs and error messages to stdout - which can  
> then be
> directed to a web page output if desired.  I did these features so  
> a future
> version of the PHP interface could display the build process as it  
> happens -
> this is what the "MeshBoxKit" on the Paris Sansfil site does.  I'll
> contribute these as a patch to Freifunk's Kit if people are  
> interested - or
> feel free to grab the code out of the Melbourne Wireless builder  
> yourself.
> ;)
>
> I agree that /bin/bash should be declared as the interpreter.  I was
> learning a lot as I did my updates to the Kit, and I was Googling  
> everywhere
> to find code snippets and examples - the "for((i;...))" was one of  
> them.  I
> didn't have time to test on a range of systems - and I wasn't even  
> sure
> which bits of code were /bin/sh compatible or not.  It just "worked  
> for me".
>   Thanks to you guys testing I now know, and the Kit is better  
> because of
> it. :)
>
> Sven, can you update all the Kit script files in CVS to /bin/bash  
> please?
>
>> Lorenz,
>>
>> if you have some compat changes - just do it. The for((i;...))  
>> notation
>> seems not too compatiable - I've never realized that for loops can  
>> be done
>> this way in bash.
>>
>> // Sven-Ola
>>
>> "Lorenz Schori" <lorenz.schori at gmx.ch> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:4343AD53-FA82-4E43-BD5D-48E8E6D9C49A at gmx.ch...
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>> A better solution would be to substitute the for with a while loop,
>> this would be better for portability reasons. I don't think that
>> there is much more bash-only code in Dans extension.
>>
>> Am 18.04.2007 um 20:00 schrieb Lorenz Schori:
>>
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>>> Okay. function.sh for sure is called by the gen-openwrt script. i
>>> guess that you have to substitute the first line of the gen-openwrt
>>> script too. if you want to know which other scripts have the wrong
>>> interpreter line check with:
>>>
>>> grep -r ./ -e "#!/bin/sh"
>>>
>>> Im pretty, pretty, pretty sure, that this is the issue.
>>>
>>> @Sven-Ola: if you agree i'll check in my enhanced version of gen-
>>> openwrt which fixes the issue that nvram variables are not included
>>> if the ip-address is not given on the command line and which adds
>>> functionality to include custom ipk into the firmware image by just
>>> dropping them in a "package"-directory inside the kit.
>>>
>>> Lorenz
>>>
>>> Am 18.04.2007 um 19:34 schrieb tetzlav:
>>>
>>>> Lorenz Schori schrieb:
>>>>> bash --version
>>>> ok, next round. :D
>>>>
>>>>  tetzlav at server # bash -version
>>>> GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
>>>> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>>>
>>>> This is an old version, but works fine for me...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  tetzlav at tp40 # bash -version
>>>> GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)
>>>> Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>>>
>>>>> I'm pretty sure, that some other shell is hiding behind your /bin/
>>>>> bash
>>>>> Perhaps you have to install it seperately on ubuntu?
>>>>
>>>> Not that I remember...
>>>>
>>>>> i found the culprit:
>>>>> http://ff-firmware.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/ff-firmware/ff-
>>>>> devel/freifunk-openwrt-kit/functions.sh?content-type=text%2Fplain
>>>>>
>>>>> replace the first line! should be
>>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> done.
>>>> but it still says:
>>>>
>>>>  tetzlav at tp40 # ./gen-openwrt g > test.bin
>>>> ./functions.sh: 6: Syntax error: Bad for loop variable
>>>>
>>>> :-(
>>>>
>>>> Whatever - never mind! Its just out of interest whats going
>>>> wrong... ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thx & Greetings
>>>> tetzlav
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