Hello
Is there any option in updater to disable local packages removal?
I’ve recompiled some of my OpenWRT packages with Omnia buildroot and installed just after first router configuration.
After then I’ve ran updater.sh, which removed all of my locally installed packages.
Now I have automatic updates disabled, because all of those packages are needed to service hardware connected to router. But would like to enable it back…
Hi Cabal,
I compiled the SoftEther package and installed it successfully on the Turris Omnia - and it was also removed by the updater.
At the moment I need only this one additional package - so I made an ugly hack.
So the updater does not see an unwanted package and will not remove the files. Works since two weeks nicely with updater running.
As soon as updater has the functionality to tolerate locally installed packages I would just install the package again. This should then bring the system back in a normal state.
Hello
Soon we will release Updater update that will add this feature.
Great
Let us know when ready (and what package to update manually before restoring updater service)
New updater version is released now. Just install package updater-ng. It should
have version 47. Then reinstall your local package (run install again). That
should be all and you should be be able to enable automatic updates again.
Hi @cynerd, what do I have to do? After “opkg update” neither “opkg install updater-ng” nor “opkg upgrade updater.ng” does the job. Running “updater.sh” bring the message: “uci: Entry not found”.
root@kukuzi:~# opkg install updater-ng
Package updater-ng (31) installed in root is up to date.
Neither updating nor removing and installing gets new version. 
Sorry for hinting you too early. I confused routers and give you hint to early. I will repeat when release will really be released.
To explain I wasn’t at work today and my router send me notification about the update. But it wasn’t my home router, but my router at work. Sorry for that.
Anyway commands you described should be enough to update Updater to new version after update is released.
If I remember correctly I think i read s.th. about your staff being guinea piged for new releases at home routers. So this is not true?
Well said. Yes it’s true. But I don’t have just one router :-). And just because of that I misinterpreted which router sent email and thought that it is already released, when it isn’t. Because I received notification about update, but not from router that is in final (public) branch.
Once again sorry to for early noitice.
btw, there are some not translated entries in updater.sh which makes it difficult to read it in console 
root@kukuzi:~# grep -n à /usr/bin/updater.sh
164: nÃm rozhranà Foris." "The updater requests an autorisation of its planned actions. You can grant it in the Foris administrative interface." || echo "Create notification failed" | logger -t updater -p daemon.error
187: timeout 120 create_notification -s update "$(sed -ne 's/^I \(.*\) \(.*\)/ ⢠Nainstalovaná verze \2 balÃku \1/p;s/^R \(.*\)/ ⢠OdstranÄ balÃk \1/p' "$LOG_FILE")" "$(sed -ne 's/^I \(.*\) \(.*\)/ ⢠Installed version \2 of package \1/p;s/^R \(.*\)/ ⢠Removed package \1/p' "$LOG_FILE")" || echo "Create notification failed" | logger -t updater -p daemon.errorfyi it is not un-translated… it’s bilingual first part in CZ (+ spoiled code page), second in EN, the same info… but hard to read, as you say
Does the new version of updater also stop it from reinstalling packages that have been manually removed, or provide a way to block certain packages from being automatically installed?
Yes new version will support way of uninstalling installed packages. But not yet by just using opkg remove. You will have to edit /etc/updater/user.lua as described here: Updater failing (conflicts?)
Good to hear, thanks.
root@turris:/tmp# wget https://api.turris.cz/openwrt-repo/omnia-test/packages/turrispackages/updater-ng_47_mvebu.ipk
root@turris:/tmp# opkg install updater-ng_47_mvebu.ipk
Upgrading updater-ng on root from 31 to 47…
Configuring updater-ng.
grep: ./etc/services_wanted: No such file or directory
grep: ./usr/lib/opkg/info/base-files.list: No such file or directory
Collected errors:
updater.sh
INFO:Queue install of updater-ng/turris/31
Hello
At first. Installing anything from test is not supported and will never be. So better be patient and wait for release.
And now to your problem. You are installing new version of updater, but using old wrapper script. This means that, as you are warned, locally installed packages are not yet supported. So updater doesn’t know about this locally installed package and as first it updates you back to known version. That’s why I explicitly stated that you must reinstall locally installed packages after updater update. Which means for you install it twice.
To make sure that it isn’t seen as bug, let me explain here primary difference between Updater and standard package managers like opkg or apt and so on. Those are expected to be run by user and when they are not sure they ask him. Normally it means that they print error message and fail. User it self is required to fix it. This can happen even if you are not installing any new software, just during updates. This is specially prevalent for rolling release distributions. Because updater runs in background on device that is not probably often maintained and is expected to run years long without reinstall it has to be more hands off and robust than standard packages managers. This comes in cost of some limiting features that should ensure that updater will be able to update system even without user attention. Locally installed packages can break this and that is why their support is kind of limited and wasn’t implemented at first (although planned). And that is why repositories are preferred solution, because there is expectation that those will be updated, but local package can’t be updated and it might even freeze system components on some old version if you specify unfortunate dependencies.
After todays update the problem is gone.
Removals of the packages continue, editing user.lua doesn’t stop them from happening 
What do you put in there? Is it something like?:
Package "xyz" { content = "file:///usr/share/updater/local-pkgs/xyz_0.0.1_mvebu.ipk" }
Install "xyz"