checking for unknown licenses (was: gfortran standalone port)

[Joshua Root]

On 2013-1-19 02:29 , Eric A. Borisch wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Sean Farley <sean at macports.org
> <mailto:sean at macports.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
>     <jeremyhu at macports.org <mailto:jeremyhu at macports.org>> wrote:
>     > On Jan 17, 2013, at 14:44, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org
>     <mailto:jmr at macports.org>> wrote:
>     >> port echo rdepof:myport and license:unknown
>     >>
>     >> Would doing this in the post-commit hook be useful or just annoying?
>     >
>     > That would be useful.  The message could state, "This port will
>     not be prepared as a binary package because the following ports do
>     not have known licenses:
> 
> 
> WRT detecting what ports are blocking a binary distributable, isn't this
> the right tool [1]: "port_binary_distributable.tcl -v portname"? Or
> perhaps the suggestion is for port lint to report this information?

Sure, that's the right tool if that's what you want to know, but it's
not appropriate for an automated nag. There isn't always anything you
can do about a port not being distributable, since there can be genuine
license conflicts. Every port should have a license listed though.

- Josh