Re: [PATCH 0/3] util-linux: split out libuuid and libblkid

[Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>]

On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 05:50 +0800, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 15:33 -0600, Mark Hatle wrote:
> > On 1/19/11 3:24 PM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 14:03 -0600, Mark Hatle wrote:
> > >> On 1/19/11 1:51 PM, Koen Kooi wrote:
> > >>> Tangent: have you considered switching to util-linux-ng?
> > >>>
> > >>> Op 19 jan 2011, om 17:55 heeft Paul Eggleton het volgende geschreven:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Split libuuid and libblkid from util-linux into separate runtime packages.
> > >>>> Slightly reduces the overall footprint of other packages that depend on these 
> > >>>> libraries.
> > >>
> > >> The util-linux-ng components are licensed GPLv3, so they could be alternatives,
> > >> but we need a GPLv2 version of the components for some systems.
> > > 
> > > According to the license headers, only lscpu is GPLv3 and since we
> > > package that separately from everything else and clearly identify its
> > > license, we are currently using util-linux-ng for this purpose as things
> > > stand.
> > 
> > Ok good then, for some reason I thought various utilities have been moved to
> > GPLv3 (other then lscpu).. I must have been mistaken.
> > 
> > (and yes I agree changing the name would be a good idea, matching upstream
> > naming makes it much less confusing.)
> 
> My comments apply to the 2.17 version we're using. We'll need to check
> when upgrading there aren't any new v3 issues.

This reminds me to do some additional check when upgrading util-linux. I
was about to upgrade recently, and didn't think about this much.

Thanks,
Qing