From 1eb7fd1825ba93f271b85ff6adcf18e25a95ef22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: maxice8 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:01:34 -0200 Subject: [PATCH] Manual.md: document metapackage license This will raise eyebrowns of people and they will say: "Why just not setting the license= field in the first place ?" --- Manual.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md index aff4347ca0..dc5128fbfd 100644 --- a/Manual.md +++ b/Manual.md @@ -772,7 +772,9 @@ set in the body of the template. - `meta` For `meta-packages`, i.e packages that only install local files or simply depend on additional packages. This build style does not install dependencies to the root directory, and only checks if a binary package is -available in repositories. +available in repositories. If your meta-package doesn't include any files +which thus have and require no license, then you should also set +`license="metapackage"`. - `R-cran` For packages that are available on The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). The build style requires the `pkgname` to start with