endif
$(2)_MANIFEST_LICENSE_FILES ?= not saved
+# If the package declares _LICENSE_FILES, we need to extract it,
+# for overriden, local or normal remote packages alike, whether
+# we want to redistribute it or not.
+ifneq ($$($(2)_LICENSE_FILES),)
+$(1)-legal-info: $(1)-extract
+endif
+
ifeq ($$($(2)_REDISTRIBUTE),YES)
ifneq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),local)
ifneq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),override)
-# Packages that have a tarball need it downloaded and extracted beforehand
-$(1)-legal-info: $(1)-extract $$(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_$$(call UPPERCASE,$(4)))
+# Packages that have a tarball need it downloaded beforehand
+$(1)-legal-info: $(1)-source $$(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_$$(call UPPERCASE,$(4)))
$(2)_MANIFEST_TARBALL = $$($(2)_SOURCE)
endif
endif