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[4/6] builddeb: use standard format for copyright file

Message ID 20210411101422.7092-5-bage@linutronix.de (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series builddeb: make deb building more flexible | expand

Commit Message

Bastian Germann April 11, 2021, 10:14 a.m. UTC
From: Bastian Germann <bage@linutronix.de>

Convert the minimal copyright file to the DEP-5 standard format that is
commonly used in Debian.

Link: https://trends.debian.net/#copyright-format-machine-readable-dep-5-vs-old-format
Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann <bage@linutronix.de>
---
 scripts/package/mkdebian | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Comments

Masahiro Yamada April 19, 2021, 6:40 a.m. UTC | #1
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 7:14 PM <bage@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> From: Bastian Germann <bage@linutronix.de>
>
> Convert the minimal copyright file to the DEP-5 standard format that is
> commonly used in Debian.
>
> Link: https://trends.debian.net/#copyright-format-machine-readable-dep-5-vs-old-format
> Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann <bage@linutronix.de>

This is equivalent to this patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20200920222556.10002-4-guillem@hadrons.org/


> ---
>  scripts/package/mkdebian | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> index 717223ef6b03..bb5c19735345 100755
> --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
> +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> @@ -152,22 +152,23 @@ EOF
>
>  # Generate copyright file
>  cat <<EOF > debian/copyright
> -This is a packacked 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
> -
> +Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> +Upstream-Name: Linux
> +Source: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
> +Comment: This is a packaged upstream version of the Linux kernel.
> +
> +Files: *
> +Copyright: 1991 - 2021 Linus Torvalds and others.
> +License: GPL-2

My concern is this license info is wrong
since not all files are GPL-2.

Is it better to make apparently wrong license info
machine-interpretable?

That is a question.
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Patch

diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index 717223ef6b03..bb5c19735345 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -152,22 +152,23 @@  EOF
 
 # Generate copyright file
 cat <<EOF > debian/copyright
-This is a packacked 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
-
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: Linux
+Source: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
+Comment: This is a packaged upstream version of the Linux kernel.
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 1991 - 2021 Linus Torvalds and others.
+License: GPL-2
+ 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'.
+ .
+ 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'.
 EOF
 
 # Generate a control file