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| -rw-r--r-- | classes/distribute_license.bbclass | 51 |
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diff --git a/classes/distribute_license.bbclass b/classes/distribute_license.bbclass new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b9bde772c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/classes/distribute_license.bbclass @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +# distribute-license.bbclass will search the sources of a package to +# a given depth looking for a match to the specified pattern and if +# found will copy the matching file(s) to the deploy directory. +# +# This class is used to collect license files such as COPYING or +# LICENSE where they are found and save them per package. +# +# This package uses the following variables to control its operations: +# - LICENSE_FILES = Pattern of license files to be searched for. +# By default this is COPYING* and LICENSE* but +# this can be changed per package. +# - LICENSE_SEARCH_DEPTH = The maximum depth to search in the package +# sources for files matching the LICENSE_FILES +# pattern. + + +# Files to copy for the licensing. By default this is looking for +# files following the patters COPYING* or LICENSING* in the top +# level sources directory. +LICENSE_FILES ?= "COPYING* LICENSE*" + +# Maximum depth to look for license files +LICENSE_SEARCH_DEPTH ?= "1" + +distribute_license_do_copy_license() { + # Turn off globbing so that wildcards are not expanded in for loop + set -f + + # Check if LICENSE_FILES exist. If so copy them to DEPLOY_DIR + # Keep the relative path of licenses the same in the DEPLOY_DIR + for lic in ${LICENSE_FILES} + do + find ${S} -maxdepth ${LICENSE_SEARCH_DEPTH} -name "$lic" | \ + while read f + do + bn=$(basename $f) + bd=$(dirname $f | sed -e "s|${S}||") + install -D $f ${DEPLOY_DIR}/licenses/${PN}/$bd/$bn + done + done + + # Turn globbing back on + set +f +} + +EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_copy_license + +# Put after do_patch in case a patch adds the license files +do_copy_license[deptask] = "do_patch" + +addtask copy_license after do_patch before do_configure |