PKGCTL-LICENSE-CHECK(1)   PKGCTL-LICENSE-CHECK(1)

pkgctl-license-check - Checks package licensing compliance using REUSE

pkgctl license check [OPTIONS] [PKGBASE...]

Checks package licensing compliance using REUSE and also verifies whether a LICENSE file with the expected Arch Linux-specific 0BSD license text exists.

Uses reuse(1) and a REUSE.toml file located alongside the PKGBUILD(5). Refer to the configuration section in pkgctl-license(1).

If no PKGBASE is specified, the command defaults to using the current working directory.

-h, --help

Show a help text

On exit, return one of the following codes:

0

Normal exit condition, all checked packages are compliant

1

Unknown cause of failure

2

Normal exit condition, but some packages are not compliant

pkgctl-license(1) reuse(1) PKGBUILD(5)

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Please report bugs and feature requests in the issue tracker. Please do your best to provide a reproducible test case for bugs.

2025-07-29