[poky] [PATCH 0/3] util-linux: split out libuuid and libblkid

[Richard Purdie]

On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 15:33 -0600, Mark Hatle wrote:
> On 1/19/11 3:24 PM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 14:03 -0600, Mark Hatle wrote:
> >> On 1/19/11 1:51 PM, Koen Kooi wrote:
> >>> Tangent: have you considered switching to util-linux-ng?
> >>>
> >>> Op 19 jan 2011, om 17:55 heeft Paul Eggleton het volgende geschreven:
> >>>
> >>>> Split libuuid and libblkid from util-linux into separate runtime packages.
> >>>> Slightly reduces the overall footprint of other packages that depend on these 
> >>>> libraries.
> >>
> >> The util-linux-ng components are licensed GPLv3, so they could be alternatives,
> >> but we need a GPLv2 version of the components for some systems.
> > 
> > According to the license headers, only lscpu is GPLv3 and since we
> > package that separately from everything else and clearly identify its
> > license, we are currently using util-linux-ng for this purpose as things
> > stand.
> 
> Ok good then, for some reason I thought various utilities have been moved to
> GPLv3 (other then lscpu).. I must have been mistaken.
> 
> (and yes I agree changing the name would be a good idea, matching upstream
> naming makes it much less confusing.)

My comments apply to the 2.17 version we're using. We'll need to check
when upgrading there aren't any new v3 issues.

Since for 2.19, they've become the same project again, I'd suggest we
not bother renaming and just update :).

Cheers,

Richard