Bug#828941: licensecheck: use binwalk to parse binary blobs?

2023-03-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2019-11-13 16:44:38) > Licensecheck currently expects to be handed only sourcecode. [...] > For use right now, I recommend to combine licensecheck with helper > scripts part of cdbs (but *not* build-depend on or otherwise use cdbs). > For examples of using those helper

Bug#828941: licensecheck: use binwalk to parse binary blobs?

2019-11-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Andrej Shadura (2019-11-13 14:29:13) > On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:24:43 + (UTC) Gianfranco Costamagna > wrote: > > Source: licensecheck > > Severity: wishlist > > Version: 3.0.0-1 > > > > Hi, as discussed on irc, it might be useful to use binwalk (now with > > a Python library/binding),

Bug#828941: licensecheck: use binwalk to parse binary blobs?

2019-11-13 Thread Andrej Shadura
On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:24:43 + (UTC) Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > Source: licensecheck > Severity: wishlist > Version: 3.0.0-1 > > Hi, as discussed on irc, it might be useful to use binwalk (now with a Python > library/binding), > to spot what is hidden/embedded into binary blobs, and

Bug#828941: licensecheck: use binwalk to parse binary blobs?

2016-06-29 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
Source: licensecheck Severity: wishlist Version: 3.0.0-1 Hi, as discussed on irc, it might be useful to use binwalk (now with a Python library/binding), to spot what is hidden/embedded into binary blobs, and then use the correct tool to search for copyrights/licenses. Or, as Jonas suggested on