[PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg: split debian/copyright

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Dec 19 2023 - 10:41:29 EST


Copy debian/copyright instead of generating it by the 'cat' command.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

scripts/package/debian/copyright | 16 ++++++++++++++++
scripts/package/mkdebian | 21 +--------------------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 scripts/package/debian/copyright

diff --git a/scripts/package/debian/copyright b/scripts/package/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..388a204b0b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+This is a packaged upstream version of the Linux kernel.
+
+The sources may be found at most Linux archive sites, including:
+https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
+
+Copyright: 1991 - 2018 Linus Torvalds and others.
+
+The git repository for mainline kernel development is at:
+git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
+
+On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
+License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index c1a36da85e84..91f0e09600b1 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -188,26 +188,6 @@ $sourcename ($packageversion) $distribution; urgency=low
-- $maintainer $(date -R)
EOF

-# Generate copyright file
-cat <<EOF > debian/copyright
-This is a packaged upstream version of the Linux kernel.
-
-The sources may be found at most Linux archive sites, including:
-https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
-
-Copyright: 1991 - 2018 Linus Torvalds and others.
-
-The git repository for mainline kernel development is at:
-git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
-
-On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
-License version 2 can be found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
-EOF
-
# Generate a control file
cat <<EOF > debian/control
Source: $sourcename
@@ -268,6 +248,7 @@ ARCH := ${ARCH}
KERNELRELEASE := ${KERNELRELEASE}
EOF

+cp "${srctree}/scripts/package/debian/copyright" debian/
cp "${srctree}/scripts/package/debian/rules" debian/

exit 0
--
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