staging/linusw/include, branch master

build: purge DESCRIPTION

2026-01-24T10:03:40Z

DESCRIPTION field has been deprecated since 2007, yet internal exporting causes intermittent package build failures due to the deprecation check, even with packages that don't have that fields set. Replace all DESCRIPTION exports with alternative variables defined through shexport and shvar helpers and remove the check. Fixes: 547b127d ("make kernel module packaging code reusable and use it in madwifi") Fixes: 7558f028 ("DESCRIPTION:= is obselete, so complain if it is used and use TITLE if no description is set") Fixes: cc435322 ("build: optimize target metadata dump") Fixes: d081edf7 ("build: clean up and optimize ipkg control generator code") Signed-off-by: George Sapkin Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21668 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

build: fix stale package install stamps for unselected variants

2026-01-22T10:20:17Z

When a package variant changes from =y to =m, its .install stamp file was not being cleaned up, causing both variants to appear in the package install list. Fix by making compile depend on prepare-package-install, ensuring the stamp file is always cleared. Only =y packages recreate it. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau

netfilter: remove nf-conntrack6

2026-01-21T21:42:20Z

nf_conntrack_ipv6 is no longer a separate kernel module, so remove it. Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21612 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

build: add default priority to ABI-versioned packages

2026-01-12T13:28:52Z

If a package has an ABI version defined, set priority to 10. The enables packages with an ABI version to be installed by their base name instead of a name and an ABI version, e.g.: libfoo3, where 3 is the ABI version can be installed by just libfoo. This affects manual installation only, as the dependency resolution takes care of ABI versions. Refactor apk priority logic into a helper define. Signed-off-by: George Sapkin Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21369 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

build: remove redundant shebang from apk lifecycle scripts

2026-01-12T13:28:52Z

Due to the way apk lifecycle scripts are defined, they might end up with multiple shebangs. Remove them. Before: post-upgrade: | #!/bin/sh export PKG_UPGRADE=1 #!/bin/sh [ "${IPKG_NO_SCRIPT}" = "1" ] && exit 0 [ -s ${IPKG_INSTROOT}/lib/functions.sh ] || exit 0 . ${IPKG_INSTROOT}/lib/functions.sh export root="${IPKG_INSTROOT}" export pkgname="adblock-fast" add_group_and_user default_postinst #!/bin/sh # check if we are on real system if [ -z "${IPKG_INSTROOT}" ]; then /etc/init.d/adblock-fast enable fi exit 0 After: post-upgrade: | #!/bin/sh export PKG_UPGRADE=1 [ "${IPKG_NO_SCRIPT}" = "1" ] && exit 0 [ -s ${IPKG_INSTROOT}/lib/functions.sh ] || exit 0 . ${IPKG_INSTROOT}/lib/functions.sh export root="${IPKG_INSTROOT}" export pkgname="adblock-fast" add_group_and_user default_postinst # check if we are on real system if [ -z "${IPKG_INSTROOT}" ]; then /etc/init.d/adblock-fast enable fi exit 0 Fixes: b52e897 ("include/package-pack: remove leading whitespace from install scripts") Fixes: 03880e2 ("include/package-pack: add missing apk package lifecycle events") Signed-off-by: George Sapkin Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21369 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

build: fix implicit self-provides

2026-01-12T13:28:52Z

Fix setting implicit self-provides for packages when they don't have any PROVIDES specified. Remove redundant self-provide for kmods, since kmods are packages and will have a self-provide added already. Fixes: 5ed650a ("build: add support for virtual provides") Fixes: 9b37b71 ("build: provide virtual self in kmods") Signed-off-by: George Sapkin Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21369 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

build: fix provides logic when ABI version is set

2026-01-12T13:28:52Z

Same as for the base package name, when a package has an ABI version, provide both unversioned provider in addition to one with ABI version and version. So for each provide instead of providing only: $provide$ABI_version=$package_version now provide: $provide $provide$ABI_version=$package_version When a provide ends in a number, the ABI version will be prefixed with a - sign, e.g.: provide1-0 Fixes: 18029977 ("build: fix apk packaging and ABI-versioning") Signed-off-by: George Sapkin Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21369 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

build: refactor dependency formatting

2026-01-12T13:28:52Z

Refactor dependencies and extra dependencies logic into a helper define and document it. Signed-off-by: George Sapkin Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21369 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

build: don't auto mark all provides as virtual

2026-01-12T13:28:52Z

Don't mark all provides as virtual when ALTERNATIVES is set. Automatically marking all provides as virtual prevents variants from conflicting between each other. Alternatives have nothing to do with packaging and packages are expected to manage their own provides. Updated internal provides explanation. Remove unnecessary back slashes from FormatProvides. Fixes: 18029977 ("build: fix apk packaging and ABI-versioning") Signed-off-by: George Sapkin Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21369 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

build: remove default provider priority

2026-01-12T13:28:52Z

Remove default provider priority since packages are expected to explicitly declare virtual provides and set default variants. With default priority some package variants without PROVIDES and not marked as default end up with priority 0 and are not picked for installation. Before the change dnsmasq-dhcpv6 is selected for dnsmasq, because the former has higher priority: name selected from selectable list select_package: dnsmasq (requirers=1, autosel=1, iif=0, order_id=0x4000005f) consider dnsmasq-2.91-r2 iif_triggered=0, tag_ok=1, selectable=1, available=1, flags=0x0, provider_priority=0, installed=0 prefer existing package choose as new provider consider dnsmasq-dhcpv6-2.91-r2 iif_triggered=0, tag_ok=1, selectable=1, available=1, flags=0x0, provider_priority=1, installed=0 prefer highest declared provider priority choose as new provider consider dnsmasq-full-2.91-r2 iif_triggered=0, tag_ok=1, selectable=1, available=1, flags=0x0, provider_priority=1, installed=0 prefer lowest available repository selecting: dnsmasq-dhcpv6-2.91-r2, available: 1 assign dnsmasq-dhcpv6 to dnsmasq-dhcpv6-2.91-r2 assign dnsmasq to dnsmasq-dhcpv6-2.91-r2 disqualify_package: dnsmasq-2.91-r2 (conflicting provides) disqualify_package: dnsmasq-full-2.91-r2 (conflicting provides) apply_constraint: libc apply_constraint: provider: libc-1.2.5-r5: 1 After the change dnsmasq is selected for dnsmasq based on lexicographical order: name selected from selectable list select_package: dnsmasq (requirers=1, autosel=1, iif=0, order_id=0x4000005f) consider dnsmasq-2.91-r2 iif_triggered=0, tag_ok=1, selectable=1, available=1, flags=0x0, provider_priority=0, installed=0 prefer existing package choose as new provider consider dnsmasq-dhcpv6-2.91-r2 iif_triggered=0, tag_ok=1, selectable=1, available=1, flags=0x0, provider_priority=0, installed=0 prefer lowest available repository consider dnsmasq-full-2.91-r2 iif_triggered=0, tag_ok=1, selectable=1, available=1, flags=0x0, provider_priority=0, installed=0 prefer lowest available repository selecting: dnsmasq-2.91-r2, available: 1 assign dnsmasq to dnsmasq-2.91-r2 disqualify_package: dnsmasq-dhcpv6-2.91-r2 (conflicting provides) disqualify_package: dnsmasq-full-2.91-r2 (conflicting provides) apply_constraint: libc apply_constraint: provider: libc-1.2.5-r5: 1 Fixes: dea8397 ("include/package-pack: add default 'provider_priority' for APK packages") Signed-off-by: George Sapkin Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21369 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko