2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/license.py b/meta/lib/oe/license.py
index 8955cbdeb2..29412dfe46 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/license.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/license.py
@@ -242,3 +242,8 @@ def list_licenses(licensestr):
     except SyntaxError as exc:
         raise LicenseSyntaxError(licensestr, exc)
     return visitor.licenses
+
+def apply_pkg_license_exception(pkg, bad_licenses, exceptions):
+    """Return remaining bad licenses after removing any package exceptions"""
+
+    return [lic for lic in bad_licenses if pkg + ':' + lic not in exceptions]
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/incompatible_lic.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/incompatible_lic.py
index fd3b3f409e..c68f920555 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/incompatible_lic.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/incompatible_lic.py
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE:pn-core-image-minimal = "GPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0"
 
         bitbake('core-image-minimal')
 
-    def test_bash_whitelist(self):
-        self.write_config(self.default_config() + '\nWHITELIST_GPL-3.0:pn-core-image-minimal = "bash"')
+    def test_bash_license_exceptions(self):
+        self.write_config(self.default_config() + '\nINCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE_EXCEPTIONS:pn-core-image-minimal = "bash:GPL-3.0-or-later"')
 
         bitbake('core-image-minimal')