Bug 12734

Summary:	NO_GENERIC_LICENSE is not documented
Product:	[Documentation] Reference	Reporter:	Peter A. Bigot <pab>
Component:	handbook	Assignee:	Kristi <kristi>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium	CC:	poky.doc.watcher, poky.watcher, randy.macleod, srifenbark
Version:	2.5
Target Milestone:	2.6
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:	20 July 2018: RESOLVED
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Done (doc changes complete)

Description Peter A. Bigot 2018-05-07 06:28:19 UTC

Using the NO_GENERIC_LICENSE variable is necessary to avoid QA errors when using a non-common non-CLOSED license in a recipe.  This variable does not appear in the reference manual.

See: https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=9c2e9616c26d511fb90ff4af11d064151c29792f

Comment 1 Kristi 2018-05-21 15:42:52 UTC

Thanks Peter - I'll work on getting this variable documented for review. 

Kristi

Comment 2 Kristi 2018-06-07 18:22:44 UTC

Hi Peter, 

I've updated the Dev-Manual to refer to NO_GENERIC_LICENSE at: https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.6/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#copying-licenses-that-do-not-exist

And, I've added a glossary description in the Ref-Manual at: https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.6/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-NO_GENERIC_LICENSE

Will you please review these and let me know if further changes are necessary? 

Thanks! 
Kristi

Comment 3 Peter A. Bigot 2018-07-07 13:14:47 UTC

Sorry for the delay; I only roll around to Yocto every couple months.

The changes look good.  Thanks.

Comment 4 Scott Rifenbark 2018-07-20 17:00:23 UTC

Marking as RESOLVED and setting the Doc flag to "done".

Scott