Subject: Re: license handling - small text/procedure change suggested
To: None <tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/01/2004 02:14:26
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> Right now, the license system prints:
>
> ===> graphviz-1.12 has an unacceptable license: graphviz-license.
> ===> To build this package, add this line to your /etc/mk.conf:
> ===> ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+=graphviz-license
> ===> To view the license, enter "/usr/bin/make show-license".
>
> I wonder if this shouldn't be reversed, to indicate the proper order of
> actions that should be taken, i.e. first have a look at the license,
> then decide to accept and build:
>
> ===> graphviz-1.12 has an unacceptable license: graphviz-license.
> ===> To view the license, enter "/usr/bin/make show-license".
> ===> To indicate acceptance of this license, add this line to
> ===> your /etc/mk.conf file:
> ===> ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+=graphviz-license
>
FWIW, I've tweaked the wording a bit so it's as short as before now.
This is what is in CVS now:
yui% make
===> graphviz-1.12 has an unacceptable license: graphviz-license.
===> To view the license, enter "/usr/bin/make show-license".
===> To indicate acceptance, add this line to your /etc/mk.conf:
===> ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+=graphviz-license
*** Error code 1
- Hubert
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