diff --git a/package/opkg/Makefile b/package/opkg/Makefile
index a3a1da6024b8b79ad46b8e8c84a8523effd83055..be5c490e0aab20b7c90d2185dc873cadcae98c9c 100644
--- a/package/opkg/Makefile
+++ b/package/opkg/Makefile
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=opkg
-PKG_REV:=528
+PKG_REV:=563
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PKG_REV)
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=svn
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=$(PKG_REV)
diff --git a/package/opkg/patches/009-remove-upgrade-all.patch b/package/opkg/patches/009-remove-upgrade-all.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dfa3db838556d61a93000fcc71ba2ec19557a82..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/package/opkg/patches/009-remove-upgrade-all.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
---- a/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
-+++ b/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
-@@ -500,17 +500,6 @@ opkg_upgrade_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
- 		    opkg_install_by_name(arg);
-                }
- 	  }
--     } else {
--	  pkg_vec_t *installed = pkg_vec_alloc();
--
--	  pkg_info_preinstall_check();
--
--	  pkg_hash_fetch_all_installed(installed);
--	  for (i = 0; i < installed->len; i++) {
--	       pkg = installed->pkgs[i];
--	       opkg_upgrade_pkg(pkg);
--	  }
--	  pkg_vec_free(installed);
-      }
- 
-      r = opkg_configure_packages(NULL);
-@@ -1173,7 +1162,7 @@ opkg_print_architecture_cmd(int argc, ch
-    array for easier maintenance */
- static opkg_cmd_t cmds[] = {
-      {"update", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_update_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
--     {"upgrade", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_upgrade_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
-+     {"upgrade", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_upgrade_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
-      {"list", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_list_cmd, PFM_SOURCE},
-      {"list_installed", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_list_installed_cmd, PFM_SOURCE},
-      {"list-installed", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_list_installed_cmd, PFM_SOURCE},
---- a/src/opkg-cl.c
-+++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
-@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ usage()
- 
- 	printf("\nPackage Manipulation:\n");
- 	printf("\tupdate			Update list of available packages\n");
--	printf("\tupgrade			Upgrade installed packages\n");
-+	printf("\tupgrade <pkgs>		Upgrade package(s)\n");
- 	printf("\tinstall <pkgs>		Install package(s)\n");
- 	printf("\tconfigure <pkgs>	Configure unpacked package(s)\n");
- 	printf("\tremove <pkgs|regexp>	Remove package(s)\n");
diff --git a/package/opkg/patches/010-remove-flag.patch b/package/opkg/patches/010-remove-flag.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6659c2937517f1146e57297eab2aaf06f97662c6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/package/opkg/patches/010-remove-flag.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
---- a/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
-+++ b/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
-@@ -745,49 +745,6 @@ opkg_remove_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
- }
- 
- static int
--opkg_flag_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
--{
--     int i;
--     pkg_t *pkg;
--     const char *flags = argv[0];
--    
--     signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
--
--     for (i=1; i < argc; i++) {
--	  if (conf->restrict_to_default_dest) {
--	       pkg = pkg_hash_fetch_installed_by_name_dest(argv[i],
--							   conf->default_dest);
--	  } else {
--	       pkg = pkg_hash_fetch_installed_by_name(argv[i]);
--	  }
--
--	  if (pkg == NULL) {
--	       opkg_msg(ERROR, "Package %s is not installed.\n", argv[i]);
--	       continue;
--	  }
--          if (( strcmp(flags,"hold")==0)||( strcmp(flags,"noprune")==0)||
--              ( strcmp(flags,"user")==0)||( strcmp(flags,"ok")==0)) {
--	      pkg->state_flag = pkg_state_flag_from_str(flags);
--          }
--
--	  /* 
--	   * Useful if a package is installed in an offline_root, and
--	   * should be configured by opkg-cl configure at a later date.
--	   */
--          if (( strcmp(flags,"installed")==0)||( strcmp(flags,"unpacked")==0)){
--	      pkg->state_status = pkg_state_status_from_str(flags);
--          }
--
--	  opkg_state_changed++;
--	  opkg_msg(NOTICE, "Setting flags for package %s to %s.\n",
--		       pkg->name, flags);
--     }
--
--     write_status_files_if_changed();
--     return 0;
--}
--
--static int
- opkg_files_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
- {
-      pkg_t *pkg;
-@@ -1169,7 +1126,6 @@ static opkg_cmd_t cmds[] = {
-      {"list_upgradable", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_list_upgradable_cmd, PFM_SOURCE},
-      {"list-upgradable", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_list_upgradable_cmd, PFM_SOURCE},
-      {"info", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_info_cmd, 0},
--     {"flag", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_flag_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
-      {"status", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_status_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
-      {"install", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_install_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
-      {"remove", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_remove_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
diff --git a/package/opkg/patches/011-old-config-location.patch b/package/opkg/patches/011-old-config-location.patch
index 4094713f3483925e788baf777d3a3011dc450635..85c6d68ffdf7440a48b52b6ee26e156296fef956 100644
--- a/package/opkg/patches/011-old-config-location.patch
+++ b/package/opkg/patches/011-old-config-location.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 --- a/src/opkg-cl.c
 +++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
-@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
- 			printf("Confusion: getopt_long returned %d\n", c);
+@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
  		}
  	}
--    
-+
+ 
 +	if(!conf->conf_file && !conf->offline_root)
 +		conf->conf_file = xstrdup("/etc/opkg.conf");
 +
diff --git a/package/opkg/patches/013-fix-darwin-compile.patch b/package/opkg/patches/013-fix-darwin-compile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f34fc10c814889cbaf9ced6406ac0e0dd95de9e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/package/opkg/patches/013-fix-darwin-compile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
---- a/libopkg/opkg_download.c
-+++ b/libopkg/opkg_download.c
-@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
- 
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
-+#include <libgen.h>
- 
- #include "opkg_download.h"
- #include "opkg_message.h"
---- a/libopkg/pkg.c
-+++ b/libopkg/pkg.c
-@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
- #include <string.h>
- #include <ctype.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
-+#include <libgen.h>
- 
- #include "pkg.h"
- 
---- a/tests/libopkg_test.c
-+++ b/tests/libopkg_test.c
-@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
- 
- #include <opkg.h>
- 
-+int opkg_state_changed;
- pkg_t *find_pkg = NULL;
- 
- 
diff --git a/package/opkg/patches/014-force-postinstall.patch b/package/opkg/patches/014-force-postinstall.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8634561f4aa3a959b8213cf9fdba7e8391c61971..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/package/opkg/patches/014-force-postinstall.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
---- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
-+++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
-@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ opkg_option_t options[] = {
- 	  { "force_reinstall", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_reinstall },
- 	  { "force_space", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_space },
-           { "check_signature", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.check_signature }, 
-+	  { "force_postinstall", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_postinstall },
- 	  { "ftp_proxy", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.ftp_proxy },
- 	  { "http_proxy", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.http_proxy },
- 	  { "no_proxy", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.no_proxy },
---- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
-+++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
-@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct opkg_conf
-      int force_space;
-      int force_removal_of_dependent_packages;
-      int force_removal_of_essential_packages;
-+     int force_postinstall;
-      int check_signature;
-      int nodeps; /* do not follow dependencies */
-      char *offline_root;
---- a/libopkg/pkg.c
-+++ b/libopkg/pkg.c
-@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ pkg_run_script(pkg_t *pkg, const char *s
- 
-      /* XXX: FEATURE: When conf->offline_root is set, we should run the
- 	maintainer script within a chroot environment. */
--     if (conf->offline_root) {
-+     if (conf->offline_root && !conf->force_postinstall) {
-           opkg_msg(INFO, "Offline root mode: not running %s.%s.\n",
- 			  pkg->name, script);
- 	  return 0;
---- a/src/opkg-cl.c
-+++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
-@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ enum {
- 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_DEPENDENT_PACKAGES,
- 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_ESSENTIAL_PACKAGES,
- 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_SPACE,
-+	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL,
- 	ARGS_OPT_NOACTION,
- 	ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY,
- 	ARGS_OPT_NODEPS,
-@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
- 		ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_ESSENTIAL_PACKAGES},
- 	{"force_removal_of_essential_packages", 0, 0,
- 		ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_ESSENTIAL_PACKAGES},
-+	{"force-postinstall", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL},
-+	{"force_postinstall", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL},
- 	{"noaction", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOACTION},
- 	{"download-only", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY},
- 	{"nodeps", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NODEPS},
-@@ -153,6 +156,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
- 		case ARGS_OPT_FORCE_SPACE:
- 			conf->force_space = 1;
- 			break;
-+		case ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL:
-+			conf->force_postinstall = 1;
-+			break;
- 		case ARGS_OPT_NODEPS:
- 			conf->nodeps = 1;
- 			break;
-@@ -242,6 +248,7 @@ usage()
- 	printf("\t--force-overwrite	Overwrite files from other package(s)\n");
- 	printf("\t--force-downgrade	Allow opkg to downgrade packages\n");
- 	printf("\t--force-space		Disable free space checks\n");
-+	printf("\t--force-postinstall	Run postinstall scripts even in offline mode\n");
- 	printf("\t--noaction		No action -- test only\n");
- 	printf("\t--download-only	No action -- download only\n");
- 	printf("\t--nodeps		Do not follow dependencies\n");
diff --git a/package/opkg/patches/015-add-arch-dest.patch b/package/opkg/patches/015-add-arch-dest.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4730672d0ede1ec0ce5441be88962ef3fa5a0b00..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/package/opkg/patches/015-add-arch-dest.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,238 +0,0 @@
---- a/libopkg/opkg.c
-+++ b/libopkg/opkg.c
-@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ opkg_new()
- 	if (opkg_conf_init())
- 		goto err0;
- 
-+	if (opkg_conf_load())
-+		goto err0;
-+
- 	if (pkg_hash_load_feeds())
- 		goto err1;
- 
---- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
-+++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
-@@ -91,15 +91,15 @@ opkg_option_t options[] = {
- };
- 
- static int
--resolve_pkg_dest_list(nv_pair_list_t *nv_pair_list)
-+resolve_pkg_dest_list(void)
- {
-      nv_pair_list_elt_t *iter;
-      nv_pair_t *nv_pair;
-      pkg_dest_t *dest;
-      char *root_dir;
- 
--     for (iter = nv_pair_list_first(nv_pair_list); iter;
--		     iter = nv_pair_list_next(nv_pair_list, iter)) {
-+     for (iter = nv_pair_list_first(&conf->tmp_dest_list); iter;
-+		     iter = nv_pair_list_next(&conf->tmp_dest_list, iter)) {
- 	  nv_pair = (nv_pair_t *)iter->data;
- 
- 	  if (conf->offline_root) {
-@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ opkg_conf_set_option(const char *name, c
- 
- static int
- opkg_conf_parse_file(const char *filename,
--				pkg_src_list_t *pkg_src_list,
--				nv_pair_list_t *tmp_dest_nv_pair_list)
-+				pkg_src_list_t *pkg_src_list)
- {
-      int line_num = 0;
-      int err = 0;
-@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ opkg_conf_parse_file(const char *filenam
- 				regmatch[11].rm_eo - regmatch[11].rm_so);
- 	  }
- 
--	  /* We use the tmp_dest_nv_pair_list below instead of
-+	  /* We use the tmp_dest_list below instead of
- 	     conf->pkg_dest_list because we might encounter an
- 	     offline_root option later and that would invalidate the
- 	     directories we would have computed in
-@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ opkg_conf_parse_file(const char *filenam
- 				   "Skipping.\n", name, value);
- 	       }
- 	  } else if (strcmp(type, "dest") == 0) {
--	       nv_pair_list_append(tmp_dest_nv_pair_list, name, value);
-+	       nv_pair_list_append(&conf->tmp_dest_list, name, value);
- 	  } else if (strcmp(type, "lists_dir") == 0) {
- 	       conf->lists_dir = xstrdup(value);
- 	  } else if (strcmp(type, "arch") == 0) {
-@@ -411,9 +410,19 @@ glob_errfunc(const char *epath, int eerr
- int
- opkg_conf_init(void)
- {
-+	pkg_src_list_init(&conf->pkg_src_list);
-+	pkg_dest_list_init(&conf->pkg_dest_list);
-+	pkg_dest_list_init(&conf->tmp_dest_list);
-+	nv_pair_list_init(&conf->arch_list);
-+
-+	return 0;
-+}
-+
-+int
-+opkg_conf_load(void)
-+{
- 	int i, glob_ret;
- 	char *tmp, *tmp_dir_base, **tmp_val;
--	nv_pair_list_t tmp_dest_nv_pair_list;
- 	glob_t globbuf;
- 	char *etc_opkg_conf_pattern;
- 
-@@ -423,11 +432,6 @@ opkg_conf_init(void)
- 	conf->check_x509_path = 1;
- #endif
- 
--	pkg_src_list_init(&conf->pkg_src_list);
--	pkg_dest_list_init(&conf->pkg_dest_list);
--	nv_pair_list_init(&conf->arch_list);
--	nv_pair_list_init(&tmp_dest_nv_pair_list);
--
- 	if (!conf->offline_root)
- 		conf->offline_root = xstrdup(getenv("OFFLINE_ROOT"));
- 
-@@ -438,7 +442,7 @@ opkg_conf_init(void)
- 			goto err0;
- 		}
- 		if (opkg_conf_parse_file(conf->conf_file,
--				&conf->pkg_src_list, &tmp_dest_nv_pair_list))
-+				&conf->pkg_src_list))
- 			goto err1;
- 	}
- 
-@@ -467,7 +471,7 @@ opkg_conf_init(void)
- 					!strcmp(conf->conf_file, globbuf.gl_pathv[i]))
- 				continue;
- 		if ( opkg_conf_parse_file(globbuf.gl_pathv[i], 
--			&conf->pkg_src_list, &tmp_dest_nv_pair_list)<0) {
-+			&conf->pkg_src_list)<0) {
- 			globfree(&globbuf);
- 			goto err1;
- 		}
-@@ -528,16 +532,16 @@ opkg_conf_init(void)
- 	}
- 
- 	/* Even if there is no conf file, we'll need at least one dest. */
--	if (nv_pair_list_empty(&tmp_dest_nv_pair_list)) {
--	nv_pair_list_append(&tmp_dest_nv_pair_list,
-+	if (nv_pair_list_empty(&conf->tmp_dest_list)) {
-+	nv_pair_list_append(&conf->tmp_dest_list,
- 			OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_DEST_NAME,
- 			OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_DEST_ROOT_DIR);
- 	}
- 
--	if (resolve_pkg_dest_list(&tmp_dest_nv_pair_list))
-+	if (resolve_pkg_dest_list())
- 		goto err5;
- 
--	nv_pair_list_deinit(&tmp_dest_nv_pair_list);
-+	nv_pair_list_deinit(&conf->tmp_dest_list);
- 
- 	return 0;
- 
-@@ -577,7 +581,7 @@ err1:
- 		}
- 	}
- err0:
--	nv_pair_list_deinit(&tmp_dest_nv_pair_list);
-+	nv_pair_list_deinit(&conf->tmp_dest_list);
- 	if (conf->dest_str)
- 		free(conf->dest_str);
- 	if (conf->conf_file)
---- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
-+++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
-@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct opkg_conf
- {
-      pkg_src_list_t pkg_src_list;
-      pkg_dest_list_t pkg_dest_list;
-+     pkg_dest_list_t tmp_dest_list;
-      nv_pair_list_t arch_list;
- 
-      int restrict_to_default_dest;
-@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ struct opkg_option {
- };
- 
- int opkg_conf_init(void);
-+int opkg_conf_load(void);
- void opkg_conf_deinit(void);
- 
- int opkg_conf_write_status_files(void);
---- a/src/opkg-cl.c
-+++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
-@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ enum {
- 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_ESSENTIAL_PACKAGES,
- 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_SPACE,
- 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL,
-+	ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH,
-+	ARGS_OPT_ADD_DEST,
- 	ARGS_OPT_NOACTION,
- 	ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY,
- 	ARGS_OPT_NODEPS,
-@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
- 	{"nodeps", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NODEPS},
- 	{"offline", 1, 0, 'o'},
- 	{"offline-root", 1, 0, 'o'},
-+	{"add-arch", 1, 0, ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH},
-+	{"add-dest", 1, 0, ARGS_OPT_ADD_DEST},
- 	{"test", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOACTION},
- 	{"tmp-dir", 1, 0, 't'},
- 	{"tmp_dir", 1, 0, 't'},
-@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
- 	int c;
- 	int option_index = 0;
- 	int parse_err = 0;
-+	char *tuple, *prio;
- 
- 	while (1) {
- 		c = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "Ad:f:no:p:t:vV:",
-@@ -162,6 +167,21 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
- 		case ARGS_OPT_NODEPS:
- 			conf->nodeps = 1;
- 			break;
-+		case ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH:
-+		case ARGS_OPT_ADD_DEST:
-+			tuple = xstrdup(optarg);
-+			if ((prio = strchr(tuple, ':')) != NULL) {
-+				*prio++ = 0;
-+				if ((strlen(tuple) > 0) && (strlen(prio) > 0)) {
-+					nv_pair_list_append(
-+						(c == ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH)
-+							? &conf->arch_list : &conf->tmp_dest_list,
-+						tuple, prio
-+					);
-+				}
-+			}
-+			free(tuple);
-+			break;
- 		case ARGS_OPT_NOACTION:
- 			conf->noaction = 1;
- 			break;
-@@ -240,6 +260,8 @@ usage()
- 	printf("				directory name in a pinch).\n");
- 	printf("\t-o <dir>		Use <dir> as the root directory for\n");
- 	printf("\t--offline-root <dir>	offline installation of packages.\n");
-+	printf("\t--add-arch <arch>:<prio>	Register architecture with given priority\n");
-+	printf("\t--add-dest <name>:<path>	Register destination with given path\n");
- 
- 	printf("\nForce Options:\n");
- 	printf("\t--force-depends		Install/remove despite failed dependencies\n");
-@@ -280,6 +302,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 	int nocheckfordirorfile = 0;
-         int noreadfeedsfile = 0;
- 
-+	if (opkg_conf_init())
-+		goto err0;
-+
- 	conf->verbosity = NOTICE;
- 
- 	opts = args_parse(argc, argv);
-@@ -317,7 +342,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 
- 	conf->pfm = cmd->pfm;
- 
--	if (opkg_conf_init())
-+	if (opkg_conf_load())
- 		goto err0;
- 
- 	if (!nocheckfordirorfile) {