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Date:      Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:10:48 +1000
From:      Da Rock <freebsd-ports@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is the best way to _not_ install licenses?
Message-ID:  <4F1C26F8.4020301@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_qswe8NNS9p7xF4aLoXeOhN=Up5pdxz0iQYbgX7trJGg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/23/12 00:54, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 22 January 2012 13:55, Da Rock
> <freebsd-ports@herveybayaustralia.com.au>  wrote:
>> On 01/22/12 23:44, Chris Rees wrote:
>>> On 22 January 2012 13:13, Da Rock
>>> <freebsd-ports@herveybayaustralia.com.au>    wrote:
>>>> I'm back to resolve some issues with my new port ports/164113.
>>>>
>>>> I have to not install license as per instructions in the porters handbook
>>>> (which I wasn't aware it was doing). What is the best way to achieve
>>>> this?
>>> Huh? Why don't you want to install the licence?
>> According to the handbook there is enough copies to go around and the system
>> doesn't need to be overloaded with license copies (GPL only). Meh... I'll
>> comply.
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/dads-misc.html
> Ah, that refers to people sticking the GPL in to pkg-descr.
That probably could be clearer... but if it complains about the GPL file 
not being removed from the system on deinstall, what then? It 
specifically mentions plist as well. So what is it supposed to do? Is 
there another linux port that shows how it should be handled correctly 
that I could check out?



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