Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/4] lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/LicenseManager.py: Read per-profile package.license

Sam James <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:27:25 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.portage.devel
Organization Gentoo
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Louis Chauvet <[email protected]> writes:

> Currently the only way to unmask license in profile is to use the LICENSE
> variable in make.defaults. This may be acceptable for "unique" licenses
> (linux-fw-redistributable, only used by one package), but not practical for
> "generic" licenses.
>
> Read profile-specific package.license in LicenseManager so per-profile
> per-pacakge license can be configured.
>

Reviewed-by: Sam James <[email protected]>

> Suggested-by: Sam James <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Louis Chauvet <[email protected]>
> ---
>  lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/LicenseManager.py | 2 ++
>  man/portage.5                                        | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/LicenseManager.py b/lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/LicenseManager.py
> index c59fff6ea4f2..f515740071a7 100644
> --- a/lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/LicenseManager.py
> +++ b/lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/LicenseManager.py
> @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class LicenseManager:
>          self._read_license_groups(license_group_locations)
>  
>          if user_config:
> +            for profile in locations_manager.profiles:
> +                self._read_user_config(profile)
>              self._read_user_config(locations_manager.abs_user_config)
>  
>      def _read_user_config(self, abs_user_config):
> diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
> index d7b2063e0fc2..787fc18e1a9f 100644
> --- a/man/portage.5
> +++ b/man/portage.5
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ packages.build
>  package.accept_keywords
>  package.bashrc
>  package.keywords
> +package.license
>  package.mask
>  package.provided
>  package.unmask