On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 8:51 AM Adrian Bunk <b...@stusta.de> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 02:35:07PM +0000, Christophe PRIOUZEAU wrote: > > Update md5sum of license file. > >... > > --- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-scrypt.inc > > +++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-scrypt.inc > > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > > DESCRIPTION = "Bindings for the scrypt key derivation function library" > > LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause" > > -LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = > > "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/BSD-2-Clause;md5=8bef8e6712b1be5aa76af1ebde9d6378" > > +LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = > > "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/BSD-2-Clause;md5=cb641bc04cda31daea161b1bc15da69f" > >... > > The actual problem is that this does not do what LIC_FILES_CHKSUM is > supposed to do. > > LIC_FILES_CHKSUM should verify that the license information in the > software hasn't changed when upgrading it. >
thats right and in most cases thats what it does too. > These recipes check the copy of the license text in OE instead, > which wouldn't change if the license of python-scrypt would change. > some packages just use license and do not include a license file in which case the recipe stubs it in. Not ideal but it is a band aid for such recipes. > cu > Adrian > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-devel mailing list > Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel