1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index 95e01213c0..73a0e9727e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ license_create_manifest() {
                 pkged_pv="$(sed -n 's/^PV: //p' ${filename})"
                 pkged_name="$(basename $(readlink ${filename}))"
                 pkged_lic="$(sed -n "/^LICENSE_${pkged_name}: /{ s/^LICENSE_${pkged_name}: //; p }" ${filename})"
+                pkged_size="$(sed -n "/^PKGSIZE_${pkged_name}: /{ s/^PKGSIZE_${pkged_name}: //; p }" ${filename})"
                 if [ -z "${pkged_lic}" ]; then
                         # fallback checking value of LICENSE
                         pkged_lic="$(sed -n "/^LICENSE: /{ s/^LICENSE: //; p }" ${filename})"
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ license_create_manifest() {
                 echo "LICENSE:" ${pkged_lic} >> ${LICENSE_MANIFEST}
                 echo "" >> ${LICENSE_MANIFEST}
 
+                # If the package doesn't contain any file, that is, its size is 0, the license
+                # isn't relevant as far as the final image is concerned. So doing license check
+                # doesn't make much sense, skip it.
+                if [ "$pkged_size" = "0" ]; then
+                        continue
+                fi
+
                 lics="$(echo ${pkged_lic} | sed "s/[|&()*]/ /g" | sed "s/  */ /g" )"
                 for lic in ${lics}; do
                         # to reference a license file trim trailing + symbol