Opkg update failing on 3.002 firmware for AR750

I recently updated my GL-AR750 router to the 3.002 testing firmware (from here). However, when I do opkg update via SSH I get a bunch of errors about signature files:

Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/kmod-3.0/ar71xx/generic/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_core
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/kmod-3.0/ar71xx/generic/Packages.sig
Signature file download failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/base/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_base
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/base/Packages.sig
Signature file download failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/gli_pub/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_gli_pub
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/gli_pub/Packages.sig
Signature file download failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_packages
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/packages/Packages.sig
Signature file download failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/luci/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_luci
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/luci/Packages.sig
Signature file download failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/routing/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_routing
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/routing/Packages.sig
Signature file download failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/telephony/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_telephony
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/telephony/Packages.sig
Signature file download failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/glinet/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_glinet
Downloading http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/glinet/Packages.sig
Signature file download failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Collected errors:
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/kmod-3.0/ar71xx/generic/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/base/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/gli_pub/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/packages/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/luci/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/routing/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/telephony/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://download.gl-inet.com/releases/packages-3.x/ar71xx/glinet/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.

These errors are still happening even though I have option check_signature 0 set in /etc/opkg.conf.

Can anyone give me some advice about this?
Thanks.

@unixfy Oops! You should delete the line option check_signature 1, not set it to 0.

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Thanks. That fixes the problem and opkg update works properly :smiley: