Bug 12734 - NO_GENERIC_LICENSE is not documented
Summary: NO_GENERIC_LICENSE is not documented
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Reference
Classification: Documentation
Component: handbook (show other bugs)
Version: 2.5
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium normal
Target Milestone: 2.6
Assignee: Kristi
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Whiteboard: 20 July 2018: RESOLVED
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Reported: 2018-05-07 06:28 UTC by Peter A. Bigot
Modified: 2018-07-20 17:00 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Documentation change: Done (doc changes complete)

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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