commit: dfeecf62f875f4a00de666b17902701da64576ad Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sat Apr 23 08:30:35 2022 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sat Apr 23 08:30:35 2022 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/policy-guide.git/commit/?id=dfeecf62
ebuild-format: LICENSE must not contain variable references As discussed in #gentoo-qa. Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> ebuild-format.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/ebuild-format.rst b/ebuild-format.rst index a5bf5aa..041c088 100644 --- a/ebuild-format.rst +++ b/ebuild-format.rst @@ -108,3 +108,21 @@ wrapping, appending, etc.). when working with large number of ebuilds. The tool has only limited ability to process and modify ebuilds, and therefore developers must make sure that it works correctly on their ebuilds. + + +.. index:: license; variable + +LICENSE must not contain variables +---------------------------------- +:PG: 0106 +:Source: QA +:Reported: no + +The ``LICENSE`` variable in an ebuild must specify all the license names +verbatim, without referring to any variables. The only exception is +(implicit or explicit) use of ``LICENSE`` itself, i.e. appending is +allowed. + +*Rationale*: since license names do not contain dynamic parts (such as +package versions), using variables there has little advantage. On the +other hand, variables reduce the usefulness of plain tools such as grep.
