Use e2fsprogs as example License files given there are: COPYING lib/uuid/COPYING lib/ss/mit-sipb-copyright.h lib/et/internal.h Not both files (COPYING and lib/uuid/COPYING) are copied in output/legal-info/licenses/e2fsprogs because with the same name.
Quick/dirty solution that works for me: take all files stated in *.mk and merge them in single file called license.txt Index: pkg-utils.mk =================================================================== --- pkg-utils.mk (revision 12362) +++ pkg-utils.mk (revision 12874) @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ define legal-warning-pkg-savednothing # pkg, {local|override} $(call legal-warning-pkg,$(1),sources and license files not saved ($(2) packages not handled)) endef -legal-manifest=echo '"$(1)","$(2)","$(3)","$(4)","$(5)"' >>$(LEGAL_MANIFEST_CSV) +legal-manifest=echo '"$(1)","$(2)","$(3)","license.txt","$(5)"' >>$(LEGAL_MANIFEST_CSV) define legal-license-header echo -e "$(LEGAL_INFO_SEPARATOR)\n\t$(1):" \ "$(2)\n$(LEGAL_INFO_SEPARATOR)\n\n" >>$(LEGAL_LICENSES_TXT) @@ -108,5 +108,6 @@ cat $(3) >>$(LEGAL_LICENSES_TXT) && \ echo >>$(LEGAL_LICENSES_TXT) && \ mkdir -p $(LICENSE_FILES_DIR)/$(1)/ && \ - cp $(3) $(LICENSE_FILES_DIR)/$(1)/ + echo -e "$(LEGAL_INFO_SEPARATOR)\n$(2):" >> $(LICENSE_FILES_DIR)/$(1)/license.txt && \ + cat $(3) >> $(LICENSE_FILES_DIR)/$(1)/license.txt endef
This has already been fixed in Git by commit 31aa4264d8839d05684e67a238837e8633d1e1bc. See http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=31aa4264d8839d05684e67a238837e8633d1e1bc. Thanks for the report!