Package request: udunits

Package name

udunits

Package homepage

https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/udunits/

Description

udunits provides a C library for units of physical quantities and a unit-definition and value-conversion utility. It comes as a system requirement/dependency for another R package which is a dependency for ggplot2/ggthemes; it's a dependency for units.

Firstly, this should be a library package (libudunits), right?

I just had issues with the license and building

1. nowhere does it state what license it uses and only has a file called COPYRIGHT that has a similar declaration to the MIT license
2. while building, the configure build-helper complains that

=> ERROR: udunits-2.2.28_1: /builddir directory is not allowed, remove it!

Not sure how to proceed. Could I perhaps open a PR and work from there? Better yet, I'll jump onto the IRC channel and get help there.

Does the requested package meet the package requirements?

Compiled

Is the requested package released?

Yes

Start with the udunits homepage and inspect its COPYRIGHT file to establish the applicable license. Reproduce the configure error involving /builddir, then compare the package request with existing Void package conventions; done means a valid udunits package builds successfully and satisfies the stated compiled-package requirements.