X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/b2c75b135ddd9dc450e82036ebf37807edef2b67..ae5db6d19f3d85fdd5e7bd4c12be28fa3f15fc43:/blog/Creating__updating_and_checking_debian_copyright_semi_automatically.html diff --git a/blog/Creating__updating_and_checking_debian_copyright_semi_automatically.html b/blog/Creating__updating_and_checking_debian_copyright_semi_automatically.html index 009cca651d..1b8bfe5656 100644 --- a/blog/Creating__updating_and_checking_debian_copyright_semi_automatically.html +++ b/blog/Creating__updating_and_checking_debian_copyright_semi_automatically.html @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ blog post from 2015. To generate using cme, use the 'update dpkg-copyright' option:
-cme update dpkg-copyright -quiet +cme update dpkg-copyright
This will create or update debian/copyright. The cme tool seem to @@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ planet.debian.org.
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+ +Update 2016-02-20: I got a tip from Mike Gabriel +on how to use licensecheck and cdbs to create a draft copyright file + +
+licensecheck --copyright -r `find * -type f` | \ + /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > debian/copyright.auto ++ +
He mentioned that he normally check the generated file into the +version control system to make it easier to discover license and +copyright changes in the upstream source. I will try to do the same +with my packages in the future.
+ +Update 2016-02-21: The cme author recommended +against using -quiet for new users, so I removed it from the proposed +command line.
@@ -121,6 +138,24 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address