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Install license files to all outputs

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43014: closed (Install license files to all outputs)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:06:02 +0000

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and subject line Re: bug#43014: Install license files to all outputs
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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Install license files to all outputs
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:00:55 +0300

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It seems to me that the license file(s) should be installed to all the
outputs.

As a side effect, this would help mitigate the missing static output
with some of the haskell packages.


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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 43014-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43014: Install license files to all outputs
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:05:16 +0300

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On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 11:20:40PM -0400, Timothy Sample wrote:
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il> skribis:
> >
> >> It seems to me that the license file(s) should be installed to all the
> >> outputs.
> >
> > Isn’t it already happening, at least with ‘gnu-build-system’?
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Perhaps there are corner cases or an issue specific to
> > ‘ghc-build-system’?
> 
> In the case of ‘git-annex’, it just needs a ‘license-file-regexp’
> argument, which is easy enough to fix.  For ‘scroll’, it’s missing a
> license file.  There is “GPL.hs”, but it doesn’t really count, IMO.  It
> contains the text of the GPL (version 2), but as a Haskell string.  I
> guess it’s better than nothing.
> 
> I think there is no bug here, just bad luck.  :)
> 
> 
> -- Tim

Works for me.

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