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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>
Subject: bug#43014: closed (Re: bug#43014: Install license files to all
 outputs)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:06:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#43014: Install license files to all outputs

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 43014 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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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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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