Re: [yocto] other ways of removing GPLv3 components (than meta-gplv2) #gplv3

[Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>]

On 10/24/22 14:27, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 13:58, Peter via lists.yoctoproject.org
> <poberauer=yahoo.co.uk@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote:
>> However, the documentation recommends the global ban and does not mention the per-image variant?
>> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/images.html
>> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/variables.html#term-INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE
> Yes, someone should go over the documentation and change every mention
> of this to recommend per-image variant, as a global one is basically
> impossible to use without pulling in meta-gpl2. Patches welcome :)
>
>> Out of curiosity, why does the per image variant work, but not the global ban?
> Global ban works at the task dependency creation stage, and if bash
> needs to be built, it will throw an error, even if the actual bash
> binary will not end up in the image, and is only used as a runtime
> dependency for a package that won't be installed.
> Per-image ban performs a 'late' check when the image is actually put together.
>
> You should now know everything to fix the docs ;-)

Thanks! I should be able to send a patch this week.

Cheers
Michael.

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