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On 12/20/2012 10:19 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: |
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> On 20/12/12 01:12 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>> What about /usr/portage/licenses, for example? Some of the |
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>> licenses are required to be present on the system if the |
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>> corresponding software is installed. So users cannot legally remove |
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>> them. |
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> ... well, along those lines, the list of licenses are not pertinent |
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> to the system unless the software that relates to them is installed; |
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> maybe emerge should automatically during the merge phase ensure the |
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> license files are copied to the main system in say /var/lib/licenses |
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> or similar? |
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If only a small subset of licenses require it, then maybe we should just |
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use dodoc on those licenses that require it. Saving all licenses could |
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be overkill. |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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