Re: [PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg: split debian/copyright

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sat Dec 23 2023 - 09:32:19 EST


On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 1:51 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am Di., 19. Dez. 2023, 16:41:
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>> Copy debian/copyright instead of generating it by the 'cat' command.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
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>> scripts/package/debian/copyright | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>> scripts/package/mkdebian | 21 +--------------------
>> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 scripts/package/debian/copyright
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/package/debian/copyright b/scripts/package/debian/copyright
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..388a204b0b2b
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/scripts/package/debian/copyright
>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>> +This is a packaged upstream version of the Linux kernel.
>> +
>> +The sources may be found at most Linux archive sites, including:
>> +https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
>> +
>> +Copyright: 1991 - 2018 Linus Torvalds and others.
>> +
>> +The git repository for mainline kernel development is at:
>> +git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
>> +
>> + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> + the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
>> +
>> +On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
>> +License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
>> diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
>> index c1a36da85e84..91f0e09600b1 100755
>> --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
>> +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
>> @@ -188,26 +188,6 @@ $sourcename ($packageversion) $distribution; urgency=low
>> -- $maintainer $(date -R)
>> EOF
>>
>> -# Generate copyright file
>> -cat <<EOF > debian/copyright
>> -This is a packaged upstream version of the Linux kernel.
>> -
>> -The sources may be found at most Linux archive sites, including:
>> -https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
>> -
>> -Copyright: 1991 - 2018 Linus Torvalds and others.
>> -
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> Can you update to 2023 while at it?
> Thanks.


OK, I will do so.

Thanks.






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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada