MeshChatX version
4.9.1
Release channel
Stable
Platform
Other
Operating system
Linux
OS details (if Other)
Alpine (tested on alpine:latest and alpine:3.20 containers)
How did you install MeshChatX?
Other (Alpine .apk from the release CDN)
What happened?
The v4.9.1 Alpine apk won't install. apk add --allow-untrusted rejects it with "v2 package format error" on apk-tools 3.0.8 and "package file format error" on apk-tools 2.14.4. The downloaded file sha256-matches the value in the releases API (773ac0b9a03bd3a9a0e32fd2e73cfe5c6aef9b7f2971805e093c85a98dcb010a), so this is the published artifact, not a corrupted download.
.PKGINFO says # Generated by fpm, and the package is malformed four ways:
arch = amd64. Alpine expects x86_64; the Debian name alone gets the package rejected.- The
.PKGINFO tar header checksum is invalid (stored 011567, computed 010347). GNU tar, python tarfile, and apk all refuse it.
- No
datahash field, which apk requires for the data section.
size = 102400 is a placeholder, not the real installed size.
The payload is intact. The inner tar extracts to a complete Electron bundle under /opt/Reticulum MeshChatX/, so repackaging fixes this without touching the app.
Likely fix: build the apk with abuild inside an Alpine container, or at minimum add apk add --allow-untrusted on the artifact as a release gate. This failure would have been caught in about 30 seconds of CI.
What did you expect?
apk add installs the package on a clean Alpine container.
Steps to reproduce
podman run --rm -it alpine (or docker)wget https://cdn.quad4.io/release/v4.9.1/ReticulumMeshChatX-v4.9.1-linux-alpine-x64.apkapk add --allow-untrusted ReticulumMeshChatX-v4.9.1-linux-alpine-x64.apk
Logs or error output
ERROR: ReticulumMeshChatX-v4.9.1-linux-alpine-x64.apk: v2 package format error
ERROR: ReticulumMeshChatX-v4.9.1-linux-alpine-x64.apk: package file format error
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MeshChatX version
4.9.1
Release channel
Stable
Platform
Other
Operating system
Linux
OS details (if Other)
Alpine (tested on alpine:latest and alpine:3.20 containers)
How did you install MeshChatX?
Other (Alpine .apk from the release CDN)
What happened?
The v4.9.1 Alpine apk won't install.
apk add --allow-untrustedrejects it with "v2 package format error" on apk-tools 3.0.8 and "package file format error" on apk-tools 2.14.4. The downloaded file sha256-matches the value in the releases API (773ac0b9a03bd3a9a0e32fd2e73cfe5c6aef9b7f2971805e093c85a98dcb010a), so this is the published artifact, not a corrupted download..PKGINFOsays# Generated by fpm, and the package is malformed four ways:arch = amd64. Alpine expectsx86_64; the Debian name alone gets the package rejected..PKGINFOtar header checksum is invalid (stored011567, computed010347). GNU tar, python tarfile, and apk all refuse it.datahashfield, which apk requires for the data section.size = 102400is a placeholder, not the real installed size.The payload is intact. The inner tar extracts to a complete Electron bundle under
/opt/Reticulum MeshChatX/, so repackaging fixes this without touching the app.Likely fix: build the apk with
abuildinside an Alpine container, or at minimum addapk add --allow-untrustedon the artifact as a release gate. This failure would have been caught in about 30 seconds of CI.What did you expect?
apk addinstalls the package on a clean Alpine container.Steps to reproduce
podman run --rm -it alpine(or docker)wget https://cdn.quad4.io/release/v4.9.1/ReticulumMeshChatX-v4.9.1-linux-alpine-x64.apkapk add --allow-untrusted ReticulumMeshChatX-v4.9.1-linux-alpine-x64.apkLogs or error output
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