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

Am 10.11.23 um 21:55 schrieb Peter Kjellerstedt:
>> -----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
>

Thanks Peter,
that helps me a lot! To not spend so much space in final rootfs, I
compress that folder /usr/share/common-licenses into a single file and
remove that original /usr/share/common-licenses via
ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND.
Best regards,
Arno