* [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/localedef: add license data @ 2026-07-15 12:30 Alexis Lothoré via buildroot 2026-07-20 15:52 ` Fiona Klute via buildroot 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Alexis Lothoré via buildroot @ 2026-07-15 12:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: buildroot; +Cc: Thomas Petazzoni, Nicolas Carrier, Alexis Lothoré When running `make legal-info` for a buil based on glibc and configured to generate some locale data (eg: BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="C.UTF-8"), the following warning is printed: WARNING: localedef-2.43-45-gdae425b554207f7c4599c7fac707ad4c08545674: \ cannot save license (HOST_LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES not defined) Define the missing LOCALEDEF_LICENSE and LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES to get rid of the warning. The header in locale/programs/localedef.c states that the program is released under GPL, so use GPLv2, as also st stated by glibc.mk in the glibc package in buildroot. Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com> --- Up to my knowledge this package never had the needed license data, so all currently maintained versions are affected by the issue. --- package/localedef/localedef.mk | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/package/localedef/localedef.mk b/package/localedef/localedef.mk index 732ed6d4ad1d..aa7dba2b5170 100644 --- a/package/localedef/localedef.mk +++ b/package/localedef/localedef.mk @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ LOCALEDEF_VERSION = 2.43-45-gdae425b554207f7c4599c7fac707ad4c08545674 LOCALEDEF_SOURCE = glibc-$(LOCALEDEF_VERSION)$(BR_FMT_VERSION_git).tar.gz LOCALEDEF_SITE = https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git LOCALEDEF_SITE_METHOD = git +LOCALEDEF_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ +LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGv2 HOST_LOCALEDEF_DL_SUBDIR = glibc HOST_LOCALEDEF_DEPENDENCIES = \ --- base-commit: 643f480f4379afe5677ec399c802b8d33734b601 change-id: 20260715-legal-info-localdef-cc9caf1a3f3a Best regards, -- Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com> _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/localedef: add license data 2026-07-15 12:30 [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/localedef: add license data Alexis Lothoré via buildroot @ 2026-07-20 15:52 ` Fiona Klute via buildroot 2026-08-03 14:06 ` Alexis Lothoré via buildroot 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Fiona Klute via buildroot @ 2026-07-20 15:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alexis Lothoré, buildroot; +Cc: Thomas Petazzoni, Nicolas Carrier Hi Alexis, thanks for the patch, I bumped into this recently, too! Am 15.07.26 um 14:30 schrieb Alexis Lothoré via buildroot: > When running `make legal-info` for a buil based on glibc and configured > to generate some locale data (eg: BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="C.UTF-8"), the > following warning is printed: > > WARNING: localedef-2.43-45-gdae425b554207f7c4599c7fac707ad4c08545674: \ > cannot save license (HOST_LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES not defined) > > Define the missing LOCALEDEF_LICENSE and LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES to get > rid of the warning. The header in locale/programs/localedef.c states > that the program is released under GPL, so use GPLv2, as also st stated > by glibc.mk in the glibc package in buildroot. You're obviously correct about locale/programs/localedef.c, but it includes/links additional parts of glibc, and it's not obvious to me which. Do you have a way to verify? And of course the source archive includes everything anyway. glibc.mk currently lists: GLIBC_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (programs), LGPL-2.1+, BSD-3-Clause, MIT (library) GLIBC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGv2 COPYING.LESSERv2 LICENSES Side note: /usr/share/doc/libc-bin/copyright from the Debian libc-bin package (which includes localedef) mentions that sysdeps/htl/raise.c is licensed under LGPL-3.0+, which is not currently in our list. As far as I understand it's only *used* on Hurd, but it's still present in the source archive. Best regards, Fiona > Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com> > --- > Up to my knowledge this package never had the needed license data, so > all currently maintained versions are affected by the issue. > --- > package/localedef/localedef.mk | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/package/localedef/localedef.mk b/package/localedef/localedef.mk > index 732ed6d4ad1d..aa7dba2b5170 100644 > --- a/package/localedef/localedef.mk > +++ b/package/localedef/localedef.mk > @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ LOCALEDEF_VERSION = 2.43-45-gdae425b554207f7c4599c7fac707ad4c08545674 > LOCALEDEF_SOURCE = glibc-$(LOCALEDEF_VERSION)$(BR_FMT_VERSION_git).tar.gz > LOCALEDEF_SITE = https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git > LOCALEDEF_SITE_METHOD = git > +LOCALEDEF_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ > +LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGv2 > HOST_LOCALEDEF_DL_SUBDIR = glibc > > HOST_LOCALEDEF_DEPENDENCIES = \ > > --- > base-commit: 643f480f4379afe5677ec399c802b8d33734b601 > change-id: 20260715-legal-info-localdef-cc9caf1a3f3a > > Best regards, > -- > Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com> > > _______________________________________________ > buildroot mailing list > buildroot@buildroot.org > https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/localedef: add license data 2026-07-20 15:52 ` Fiona Klute via buildroot @ 2026-08-03 14:06 ` Alexis Lothoré via buildroot 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Alexis Lothoré via buildroot @ 2026-08-03 14:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fiona Klute, Alexis Lothoré, buildroot Cc: Thomas Petazzoni, Nicolas Carrier Hi Fiona, my bad for the late reply, I have been OoO and got back today. On Mon Jul 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM CEST, Fiona Klute wrote: > Hi Alexis, > > thanks for the patch, I bumped into this recently, too! > > Am 15.07.26 um 14:30 schrieb Alexis Lothoré via buildroot: >> When running `make legal-info` for a buil based on glibc and configured >> to generate some locale data (eg: BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="C.UTF-8"), the >> following warning is printed: >> >> WARNING: localedef-2.43-45-gdae425b554207f7c4599c7fac707ad4c08545674: \ >> cannot save license (HOST_LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES not defined) >> >> Define the missing LOCALEDEF_LICENSE and LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES to get >> rid of the warning. The header in locale/programs/localedef.c states >> that the program is released under GPL, so use GPLv2, as also st stated >> by glibc.mk in the glibc package in buildroot. > > You're obviously correct about locale/programs/localedef.c, but it > includes/links additional parts of glibc, and it's not obvious to me > which. Do you have a way to verify? And of course the source archive > includes everything anyway. > > glibc.mk currently lists: > > GLIBC_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (programs), LGPL-2.1+, BSD-3-Clause, MIT (library) > GLIBC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGv2 COPYING.LESSERv2 LICENSES > > Side note: /usr/share/doc/libc-bin/copyright from the Debian libc-bin > package (which includes localedef) mentions that sysdeps/htl/raise.c is > licensed under LGPL-3.0+, which is not currently in our list. As far as > I understand it's only *used* on Hurd, but it's still present in the > source archive. Yeah, my proposal may not be specific enough, considering the internal dependencies pulled by localedef. The exact part pulled are not clear for me neither, I've just been assuming that the main file being GPL itself, we do not care about other dependencies, as GPL is stronger, and so people building host-localedef in BR must consider GPL rights and obligations when building it. But I may be wrong, any more educated view on this is welcome. I see that in the mean time you have sent a series updating glibc licensing and mirroring it for localedef, I'm fine with it overriding mine, if it is indeed the proper way of handling localedef licensing. Thanks, Alexis > > Best regards, > Fiona > >> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com> >> --- >> Up to my knowledge this package never had the needed license data, so >> all currently maintained versions are affected by the issue. >> --- >> package/localedef/localedef.mk | 2 ++ >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/package/localedef/localedef.mk b/package/localedef/localedef.mk >> index 732ed6d4ad1d..aa7dba2b5170 100644 >> --- a/package/localedef/localedef.mk >> +++ b/package/localedef/localedef.mk >> @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ LOCALEDEF_VERSION = 2.43-45-gdae425b554207f7c4599c7fac707ad4c08545674 >> LOCALEDEF_SOURCE = glibc-$(LOCALEDEF_VERSION)$(BR_FMT_VERSION_git).tar.gz >> LOCALEDEF_SITE = https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git >> LOCALEDEF_SITE_METHOD = git >> +LOCALEDEF_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ >> +LOCALEDEF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGv2 >> HOST_LOCALEDEF_DL_SUBDIR = glibc >> >> HOST_LOCALEDEF_DEPENDENCIES = \ >> >> --- >> base-commit: 643f480f4379afe5677ec399c802b8d33734b601 >> change-id: 20260715-legal-info-localdef-cc9caf1a3f3a >> >> Best regards, >> -- >> Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> buildroot mailing list >> buildroot@buildroot.org >> https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot -- Alexis Lothoré, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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