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

Saul Wold sgw at linux.intel.com
Fri Jul 15 22:41:27 UTC 2011


On 07/15/2011 03:29 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> 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.
>
Right, I scanned this too quickly and did not see the v2 vs v3 difference.

Thanks for clarifying.

Sau!




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