1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index fdc117010e..b62910bf26 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -76,8 +76,12 @@ license_create_manifest() {
                                 continue
                         fi
 
+                        # remove + chars in any position this cover cases like
+                        # GPL-2.0+-with-OpenSSL-exception -> GPL-2.0-with-OpenSSL-exception
+                        lic="$(echo ${lic} | sed "s/\+//g")"
+
                         # to reference a license file trim trailing + symbol
-                        if ! [ -e "${LICENSE_DIRECTORY}/${pkged_pn}/generic_${lic%+}" ]; then
+                        if ! [ -e "${LICENSE_DIRECTORY}/${pkged_pn}/generic_${lic}" ]; then
                                 bbwarn "The license listed ${lic} was not in the licenses collected for ${pkged_pn}"
                         fi
                 done