From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by mx1.pokylinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DBC54C81065 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:39:54 -0600 (CST) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Jan 2011 19:39:54 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,355,1291622400"; d="scan'208";a="595051079" Received: from qhe2-db.sh.intel.com ([10.239.13.48]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Jan 2011 19:39:53 -0800 Received: from qhe2 by qhe2-db.sh.intel.com with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pg7l7-0002xg-7h; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:33:57 +0800 Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:33:57 +0800 From: Qing He To: Richard Purdie Message-ID: <20110121033357.GD9774@qhe2-db> References: <20F0A899-BE2B-4743-B435-7B9C64AD501C@dominion.thruhere.net> <4D374390.5040500@windriver.com> <1295472284.14388.23266.camel@rex> <4D3758A8.1010805@windriver.com> <1295473809.14388.23356.camel@rex> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1295473809.14388.23356.camel@rex> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Paul Eggleton , "poky@yoctoproject.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] util-linux: split out libuuid and libblkid X-BeenThere: poky@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Poky build system developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:39:55 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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