Re: [gentoo-dev] ACCEPT_LICENSE revisited

[Marius Mauch]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:53:43 -0500
Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:

> On Monday 27 November 2006 10:48, Marius Mauch wrote:
> > Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
> > > On Sunday 26 November 2006 18:38, Marius Mauch wrote:
> > > > Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
> > > > > is there a way in the new GLEP to say "never bother me with
> > > > > any license bullcrap" ?  i made sure the current
> > > > > check_license() function respected the idea of "*" so that i
> > > > > can put this in my make.conf: ACCEPT_LICENSES="*"

Hmm, you sure about that? I don't see how it's doing that as it
requires a literal match and globbing is explicitly disabled.

> > > > Not directly, you'd need to define a local license group
> > > > including all licenses (could automate that with a postsync
> > > > hook I guess) and use that in ACCEPT_LICENSE.
> > >
> > > in other words, your only proposed solution is a hack ?
> >
> > If you want to word it that way: yes.
>
> so why arent we providing a real solution ?

Might want to reread bug 152593 in detail, summary being "legal issues".

Marius

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