Hi Bob,

FOSSology scans binary files means i should have included the license files
in the compiled binary files?


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Gobeille, Robert <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Mohamed,
> FOSSology scans binary files for english text that matches our license
> signatures.
> There is no size limit if you use Upload from Server or Upload from URL.
> The max upload size for "upload from file" is specified in php.ini (e.g.
> /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini) in variable post_max_size (or maybe
> upload_max_filesize).
>
> Bob Gobeille
>
> On Nov 20, 2012, at 4:51 AM, Mohamed Fazil <[email protected]>
>  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for your support.
>
> I have come up with one more issue now. Need your clarification over this.
>
> Previously i had run FOSSology tool to scan source files.
> Now i have got a couple of compiled binary files from third party vendor
> that too with the size approx 2GB.
>
> Will fossology tool be able to scan binary files and produce corresponding
> output as like it scans and produces report for source codes files.?
>
> And also I would like to know the maximum upload size of files.
>
>
> Thanks in Advance.
>
>
> Regards,
> Mohamed Fazil
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Shi, Yao-Bin (Larry, Open Source Program
> Office) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Mohamed, ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> You have to upload again. Then you will find 2 packages which have the
>> same name, you can just click on the 2nd package to see the new report.**
>> **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Process:****
>>
>> **1.      **Assuming your fist uploaded package is abc.zip under
>> /Software repository/ xyz.zip (here you said your current folder is
>> xyz.zip), on your local machine, you have to extract this package locally ,
>> then add more files, then compact them to abc.zip again.****
>>
>> **2.      **Upload abc.zip to  to /Software repository/ xyz.zip to scan
>> the 2nd time.****
>>
>> **3.      **After the scanning is done, under folder /Software
>> repository/ xyz.zip, you will find 2 abc.zip, click on the newer abc.zip to
>> get the report, this report is what you want. Do not worry, though there
>> are 2 xyz.zip, when fossology scanning 2nd abc.zip, fossology do not
>> scanning the same files that in the 1st abc.zip.****
>>
>> **4.      **Also, you can compare these 2 same package to diff, get the
>> differences between these 2 packages on the browse page.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Hope it helps. Anything please let me know.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> -Larry****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mohamed Fazil
>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 08, 2012 2:07 PM
>> *To:* Gobeille, Robert; Stangel, Dan
>>
>> *Cc:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [FOSSology] Help needed to installFOSSology Tool****
>>
>>  ** **
>>
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> Already i have added a folder to the Software repository named xyz.zip.
>> Now i want to add two new files to the xyz.zip. How Can i add two more
>> files to the repository inside the folder xyz.zip via UI. Is it possible?
>> Or I should externally add that two new files to the xyz.zip folder and
>> upload to the software repository? But already I have a xyz.zip folder in
>> the repository. Even though it exists, What will happen if i add the same
>> folder to the repository. Will it do full scan of the folder? or the
>> particular two new files?. Could you please tell me procedure for doing
>> like this??
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Mohamed Fazil****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Gobeille, Robert <[email protected]>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Hi Mohamed,****
>>
>> Yes fossology has this functionality.  It will not rescan a file it has
>> already scanned.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Bob Gobeille****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Nov 7, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Mohamed Fazil <[email protected]>**
>> **
>>
>>  wrote:****
>>
>>
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> I have one more query on the functionality of FOSSology tool.
>> Lets take an example. I have a folder called *SourceCode.zip* which has
>> some packages and binary files.
>> I am using the tool for software analysis. It has completely analyzed.
>> Now i am adding two more new files to the SourceCode and performing the
>> analysis using FOSSology. Will it analyze the complete SourceCode or only
>> the two new added files(Because complete source code analysis will take
>> more time or if it is analyzing only two newly added files then it is time
>> consumption). Does FOSSology have any such functionality?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks and Regards
>> Mohamed Fazil****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Gobeille, Robert <[email protected]>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Hi Mohamed,****
>>
>> Sorry for being unclear.  There is no version of FOSSology with an SPDX
>> output option.  I don't know what Matt's schedule is for creating this.
>>  Matt?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Bob Gobeille****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Mohamed Fazil <[email protected]>*
>> ***
>>
>>  wrote:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thanks Robert.
>>
>> In the last mail you said, "there is no SPDX output in the latest version
>> of fossology". It means any other older version has this SPDX output
>> option? If so, could please say which version it is and how long it takes
>> time to create SPDX plugin for latest version of fossology.
>>
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Mohamed Fazil****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Gobeille, Robert <[email protected]>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Hi Mohamed,****
>>
>> There is no SPDX output in the latest version of fossology.  However,
>> Matt Germonprez and Liang Cao at the University of Nebraska - Omaha are
>> working on a future SPDX plugin.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Bob Gobeille****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Nov 6, 2012, at 6:45 AM, Mohamed Fazil <[email protected]>**
>> **
>>
>>  wrote:****
>>
>>
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thanks for your support and special thanks to Bob, Dan and larry
>>
>> I have one more doubt.
>>
>> I have uploaded some files and got the result as expected. I had tried to
>> save the output and it is saved as .txt file.
>> I am expecting the output file in *.spdx* format. Will it possible to
>> get in *.spdx* format using fossology. If so, could you please help me
>> sorting out this query.
>>
>> I am very much thankful if anyone helps me sort out this query. My work
>> will be completed by this :-)
>>
>> Thanks in Advance
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mohamed Fazil
>> +91-9900584136
>>
>>
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Shi, Yao-Bin (Larry, Open Source Program
>> Office) <[email protected]> wrote:****
>>
>> Hi Mohamed,****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Congratulations. You can upload something to try.****
>>
>> Anything please tell me.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> -Larry****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* Mohamed Fazil [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 06, 2012 2:53 PM
>> *To:* Shi, Yao-Bin (Larry, Open Source Program Office)
>> *Cc:* Stangel, Dan; [email protected]****
>>
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [FOSSology] Help needed to installFOSSology Tool****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Thanks Larry.
>>
>> Installation is fine. I can able to access GUI and I am getting the
>> status message as Status of the scheduler is successful.
>>
>> I hope now it works fine.
>>
>> Let me try out to use the fossology tool now. If I get any doubts, I will
>> come up with my queries.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Mohamed Fazil****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Shi, Yao-Bin (Larry, Open Source Program
>> Office) <[email protected]> wrote:****
>>
>> Hi Mohamed, ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> I am sorry that the link
>> www.fossology.org/projects/fossology/wiki/Install_2_1 are the steps for
>> source installation.****
>>
>> I think you installed FOSSology from packcage, right? If yes, you do not
>> have to do more configurations, please ignore
>> www.fossology.org/projects/fossology/wiki/Install_2_1****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Just checking the below things.****
>>
>> 1.       Can you access fossolgy from GUI  Via  
>> http://HOSTNAME/repo/<http://hostname/repo/>?  please replace HOSTNAME with 
>> your real hostname.
>> ****
>>
>> If cannot, please ****
>>
>> sudo cp  /usr/etc/fossology/conf/fo-apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/,
>> then ****
>>
>> sudo  /etc/init.d/apache2 restart****
>>
>> try to access fossolgy from GUI again.****
>>
>> 2.       Is the scheduler running? ****
>>
>> On GUI, Login with fossy/fossy, then ****
>>
>> click on [Admin]à[Scheduler] menu, on the Scheduler Administration page,
>> click on Submit, ****
>>
>> you will get the states msg on the top of this page.****
>>
>> If the scheduler is not running.****
>>
>> On cli, please run ****
>>
>> sudo /etc/init.d/fossology start****
>>
>> if you still can not start the scheduler, please grab the error msg
>> /var/log/fossology/fossology.log to me****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Hope it helps.****
>>
>> -Larry****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mohamed Fazil
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 06, 2012 1:53 PM
>> *To:* Stangel, Dan****
>>
>>
>> *Cc:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [FOSSology] Help needed to installFOSSology Tool****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Hi Dan,****
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your help.
>>
>> But still i need your help and i need to get clarified for few queries.
>>
>> Bob Gobeille has given me the link(
>> www.fossology.org/projects/fossology/wiki/Install_2_1 ) for installation
>> steps.
>> First i want know these configuration steps are mandatory to use
>> fossology tool.
>> I tried those steps. Below are the issues which i faced in post
>> installation.****
>>
>> Section 1 - Short Installation Instructions****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> # utils/fo-cleanold    -->   Where will I get fo-cleanold script. utils 
>> folder is not available.
>> # utils/fo-installdeps -->   Where will I get fo-cleanold script. utils 
>> folder is not available.
>>
>> 3rd step had run properly(via root user)
>>
>> ****
>>
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>>  ****
>>
>> 3. Adjust the kernel shmmax (described in detail in section 2.1.3)****
>>
>>    # echo 512000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax****
>>
>>    # echo "kernel.shmmax=512000000" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
>>
>> Do you have any comments to be taken care while configuring PostgreSQL,PHP 
>> and Apache as mentioned in the link.
>>
>> *2.2.2 Automated Post-Installation*
>>
>> ****
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>>  ****
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>>
>> /usr/local/lib/fossology/fo-postinstall  --> This script is not 
>> available(fossology folder itself not available over there).****
>>
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