Re: End User License Agreement Using RPM?

[Mark Hatle <fray@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is the mechanism we use when we HAVE to have the EULA accepted 
before we can allow the RPM to be installed.  But the preferred solution 
for us to to ask the EULA question immediatly on launch of the 
application itself.  If the user doesn't agree, the software refuses to 
continue running.

--Mark

Perry Hutchison wrote:
> > > Does anyone know a way to incorporate a EULA into a command line RPM
> > > "install?"  Is it true that there is absolutely no way to query the
> > > user for input inside of %pre?  If I can't find a way to meet this
> > > requirement, my boss is going to recall the use of RPM from our
> > > project's plan.  RPM seems to be a very useful and powerful tool, and
> > > it would be really disappointing if we have to omit it because of
> > > this.
> >
> > No. Rpm isn't the right place to do that, one of the design goals of rpm
> > is the guarantee of non-interactive installation. Ask the EULA-question
> > on first software launch per each user instead.
>
>
> Or distribute the RPM in an EULA wrapper:
>   user runs install program
>     install program does EULA stuff
>     install program extracts RPM from wrapper
>     install program invokes rpm to install the unwrapped RPM.
>
>
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