Bug #2979
pkg -r --license does not show remote license after system was rebooted.
Start date:
2012-07-09
Due date:
2013-12-10
% Done:
100%
Estimated time:
1.00 h
Difficulty:
Medium
Tags:
pkg
Description
pkg -r --license does not show remote license after system was rebooted.
The license is saved in a cache file in /var/pkg/license/package_name at shutdown time. After the system is started, pkg -r --license makes no network request to obtain the license. Instead it serves it from the cached file, which can get outdated in case a package is updated and it has a modified license.
Updated by Ken Mays over 7 years ago
- Due date set to 2013-12-10
- Status changed from New to Closed
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
- Estimated time set to 1.00 h
- Tags changed from needs-triage to pkg
Tested. First set up remote publisher to query. Then 'pkg info -r <packagename>' to ensure it contacts the remote or alternate repo. If that works as expected, then 'pkg info --license -r <package-name>'. This reads it from the alternate server.