Coreutils package contains no files?

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root@blackbox:~# opkg install coreutils
Installing coreutils (9.0-2) to root...
Downloading https://archive.traverse.com.au/pub/traverse/ls1088firmware/openwrt/branches/22_03/852551817/packages/packages/coreutils_9.0-2_aarch64_generic.ipk

root@blackbox:~# opkg files coreutils
Package coreutils (9.0-2) is installed on root and has the following files:

Unsure what’s going on here.

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OpenWrt lets you choose which coreutils utilities you want individually.
The coreutils package itself exists just to enable the submenu in the build system.

These are the ones currently enabled in the Traverse config:

CONFIG_PACKAGE_coreutils-b2sum=m
CONFIG_PACKAGE_coreutils-base32=m
CONFIG_PACKAGE_coreutils-base64=m
CONFIG_PACKAGE_coreutils-basename=m
CONFIG_PACKAGE_coreutils-basenc=m
CONFIG_PACKAGE_coreutils-sort=m

If you need a particular one I can add it to the list.

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Right, thanks. That makes sense, at least for OpenWRT’s build system.

I ended up building a static binary for timeout. It probably doesn’t make sense to add it if I’m the only one using it.