Could some OpenWrt guru please help ? I downloaded Kamikaze 8.09 and
the base package compiles fine. I then added a new directory under 'package'
and put in my own Makefile. After that,
1. I did a 'make distclean' to clear out all executables generated for the base
package (please see above)
2. I did a 'make menuconfig' and selected my packages under Utilities --->
3. I did a 'make V=99'

The entire Kamikaze 8.09 compiled fine, but I do not see any 'ipk' in
bin/packages> At the end of compilation, the output looks like:
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/lamab/kamikaze_8.09'
Generating index for package ./base-files-brcm-2.4_14-unknown_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./bridge_1.0.6-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./busybox_1.11.2-2_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./dnsmasq_2.46-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./dropbear_0.51-2_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./firewall_1-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./iptables-mod-conntrack_1.3.8-4_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./iptables-mod-nat_1.3.8-4_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./iptables_1.3.8-4_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kernel_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-brcm-wl_2.4.35.4+4.150.10.5.3-brcm-2.4-2_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-diag_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-4_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-ipt-conntrack_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-ipt-core_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-ipt-nat_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-ipt-nathelper_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-ppp_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-pppoe_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-switch_2.4.35.4-brcm-2.4-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./kmod-wlcompat_2.4.35.4+4.150.10.5.3-brcm-2.4-2_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./libgcc_3.4.6-14_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./libuci_0.7.3-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./mtd_8_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./nas_4.150.10.5.3-2_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./nvram_1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./opkg_4564-3_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./ppp-mod-pppoe_2.4.3-10_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./ppp_2.4.3-10_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./uci_0.7.3-1_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./uclibc_0.9.29-14_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./wireless-tools_29-2_mipsel.ipk
Generating index for package ./wlc_4.150.10.5.3-2_mipsel.ipk
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/lamab/kamikaze_8.09'

I do not see the ipk for the new package that I added. Neither do I
see any compile time error messages. Is there any other step that
I might be missing ?
Any hints, suggestions would be of immense help. Thanks in advance
for your help,