RE: [poky] let the manifest/used licenses become part of image

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf
> Of Steve via lists.yoctoproject.org
> Sent: den 9 november 2023 08:17
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [poky] let the manifest/used licenses become part of image
> 
> Hi,
> think it makes sense to provide in the image itself the manifest and
> what licenses are used.
> 
> I want to copy the *.manifest to some place in filesystem, but that
> doesn't work. Even if done in IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND, the manifest
> file seems to be generated at a later stage.
> Although here is stated something different:
> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/overview-manual/concepts.html#image-generation
> 
> Any hint how to work around that? Or am I completly wrong?
> Best regards,
> Arno
> 
> Another thing. The tmp/deploy/license folder keeps all ever used
> packages. How to get only thoses licenses that used (as in manifest)?

If you set:

COPY_LIC_MANIFEST = "1"
COPY_LIC_DIRS = "1"

in your configuration, you should get the license manifest and the 
licenses added to your rootfs.

//Peter