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Package: licenserecon
Version: 7.0
I am currently working on updating the `debian/copyright` file for the
`grep` package to ensure it is fully compliant and that `lrc` runs
cleanly. After making extensive updates to accurately document the
licenses of all source files, I've encountered some behavior from
`lrc` that I suspect might be a bug.
Initially, `lrc` reported numerous license mismatches. I have since
added specific `Files:` stanzas for all the reported files, using
wildcards where appropriate. However, `lrc` continues
to report a large number of discrepancies.
The core of the issue seems to be that `lrc` is not correctly matching
files to their corresponding stanzas in `debian/copyright`. For many
files, the `d/copyright` column in the `lrc` output is GPL-3+ even
though the file has a more specific license defined.
$ lrc
: Versions: licenserecon '7.0' licensecheck '3.3.9-1'
Parsing Source Tree ....
Reading d/copyright ....
Running licensecheck ....
d/copyright | licensecheck
GPL-3+ | FSFAP INSTALL
GPL-3+ | FSFAP and/or GFDL-1.3+ NEWS
GPL-3+ | FSFAP TODO
GPL-3+ | FSFULLR aclocal.m4
GPL-3+ | FSFULLR build-aux/config.rpath
GPL-3+ | GPL-2+ build-aux/gnupload
GPL-3+ | X11 build-aux/install-sh
GPL-3+ | FSFUL configure
GPL-3+ | GFDL-1.3+ doc/grep.info
GPL-3+ | GFDL-1.3+ doc/grep.texi
This suggests that this definition overrides the other definitions somehow:
Files: *
Copyright: 1992-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2004, Stepan Kasal <[email protected]>
2007, Tony Abou-Assaleh <[email protected]>
2009-2012, Jim Meyering <[email protected]> and Paolo Bonzini
<[email protected]>
License: GPL-3+
Files: INSTALL TODO
Copyright: 1994-1996, 1999-2002, 2004-2017, 2020-2023 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.
License: FSFAP
This behavior persists despite trying different structures for the
`debian/copyright` file, such as using a preamble for the default
license versus a `Files: *` stanza. The current structure follows the
Debian Policy Manual and seems correct, yet the tool does not produce
the expected output.
Could you please advise if this is expected behavior or if it might be
a bug in how `licenserecon` parses the copyright file?
You can reproduce this by running
gbp clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian/grep.git
cd grep
lrc
It might be that this is no bug and I simply misunderstood how the
`debian/copyright` file is supposed to be structured.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: licenserecon
Source-Version: 8.0
Done: Peter Blackman <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
licenserecon, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Peter Blackman <[email protected]> (supplier of updated licenserecon
package)
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:52:22 +0100
Source: licenserecon
Architecture: source
Version: 8.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Peter Blackman <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Peter Blackman <[email protected]>
Closes: 1111676
Changes:
licenserecon (8.0) unstable; urgency=medium
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* Check values of SPDX-License-Identifier in source. Closes issue~7
* Detect globbing patterns out or order. Closes: #1111676
* Remove superseded debian/*.yml files
* Now use SALSA_CI_DISABLE_LICENSERECON (=0)
* Remove redundant rules-requires-root
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