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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-02-15 10:09:15 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-03-03 17:40:10 +0000 |
| commit | 41e9f7cdac0998b4606007210480ec89874e596f (patch) | |
| tree | ea086e369974e91c2a5517f2d86300b1bb6f1e90 /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | 5066fbcfb4ef146ed800b1ef0dd6eaf938fd0d90 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-41e9f7cdac0998b4606007210480ec89874e596f.tar.gz | |
dev-manual, ref-manual: Updated licensing text information.
Fixes [YOCTO #8634]
To clear up the behavior the COPY_LIC_DIRS, COPY_LIC_MANIFEST,
and LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE variable behaviors, I updated the
glossary descriptions of the variables. Also, added more info
to the "Providing License Text" section in the dev-manual. Tied
everything together with good referencing.
(From yocto-docs rev: e7b2a1ed29dcd9d572b71f756e7705e6499a05ac)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 40 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index f752856b9d..53bc544b5b 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -2348,7 +2348,20 @@ <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses</filename>, for each package. The license files are placed - in directories within the image itself. + in directories within the image itself during build time. + <note> + The <filename>COPY_LIC_DIRS</filename> does not + offer a path for adding licenses for newly installed + packages to an image, which might be most suitable + for read-only filesystems that cannot be upgraded. + See the + <link linkend='var-LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE'><filename>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</filename></link> + variable for additional information. + You can also reference the + "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#providing-license-text'>Providing License Text</ulink>" + section in the Yocto Project Development Manual for + information on providing license text. + </note> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> @@ -2363,7 +2376,20 @@ If set to "1", the OpenEmbedded build system copies the license manifest for the image to <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses/license.manifest</filename> - within the image itself. + within the image itself during build time. + <note> + The <filename>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</filename> does not + offer a path for adding licenses for newly installed + packages to an image, which might be most suitable + for read-only filesystems that cannot be upgraded. + See the + <link linkend='var-LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE'><filename>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</filename></link> + variable for additional information. + You can also reference the + "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#providing-license-text'>Providing License Text</ulink>" + section in the Yocto Project Development Manual for + information on providing license text. + </note> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> @@ -7159,6 +7185,16 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <link linkend='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'><filename>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</filename></link> as containing license text). </para> + + <para> + For related information on providing license text, see the + <link linkend='var-COPY_LIC_DIRS'><filename>COPY_LIC_DIRS</filename></link> + variable, the + <link linkend='var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><filename>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</filename></link> + variable, and the + "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#providing-license-text'>Providing License Text</ulink>" + section in the Yocto Project Development Manual. + </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |