[FS#120] opkg fails with Out of memory on a device with 32 MB of RAM

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FS#120 - opkg fails with Out of memory on a device with 32 MB of RAM
User who did this - Sreekanth (sreekanth)

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Doesn't work for me too.



BusyBox v1.25.1 () built-in shell (ash)

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root at lede:~# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:         27808      20792       7016        868       1408       5884
-/+ buffers/cache:      13500      14308
Swap:            0          0          0
root at lede:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.sig.
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.sig.
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.sig.
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Collected errors:
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.sig, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.gz, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.sig, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.gz, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.sig, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.sig, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.gz, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.sig, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.gz, wget returned -1.
 * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.sig, wget returned -1.
root at lede:~#
root at lede:~# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:         27808      19292       8516        392       1408       4116
-/+ buffers/cache:      13768      14040
Swap:            0          0          0
root at lede:~#
root at lede:~#


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