[OE-core] [PATCH 3/5] help2man-native: Add 1.36.4 (GPLv2) and 1.38.2 (GPLv3)

Tom Rini tom_rini at mentor.com
Fri Jul 15 22:29:53 UTC 2011


On 07/15/2011 03:24 PM, Saul Wold wrote:
> On 07/15/2011 03:03 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>> These are 'side ports' of current oe.dev versions.  PR is kept in sync
>> but we drop out the target recipes in order to punt on potential perl
>> problems.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rini<tom_rini at mentor.com>
>> ---
>>   .../help2man/help2man-native_1.36.4.bb             |   26
>> ++++++++++++++++++++
>>   .../help2man/help2man-native_1.38.2.bb             |   24
>> ++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644
>> meta/recipes-devtools/help2man/help2man-native_1.36.4.bb
>>   create mode 100644
>> meta/recipes-devtools/help2man/help2man-native_1.38.2.bb
>>
> 
> Why do we need both versions?  Can't we just use the most current?

For the "I want no GPLv3" crowd.  This is a little more clear in oe.dev
where we also build for the target but yes, different legal departments
have different GPLv3 concerns so I think it makes sense in this case still.

-- 
Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation




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