On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 01:50, Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Steve Connell wrote: > > > I have been assigned the task of finding an installation method for my > > company's software for Linux, and it seems that using command line RPM > > is the best way to go about this. The problem, however, is that I must > > meet a requirement to display an "End User License Agreement" (EULA for > > short), which our customers who use the software must agree to before > > being allowed to continue with the installation. > > That is not compatible with the RPM way. > > SUN has solved this by distributing a selfextracting file that will > present you with the legal text and requires you to acknowledge it. > > Then a RPM file will extracted which you can install the conventional way. > > I suggest you do likewise. > > If you haven't done so check the JAVA rpm option on the SUN download site > and try it. You have to remember that unix-like systems are multi-user: Just having the admistrator agree on some license doesn't necessarily mean you can use it for your purposes. I think software asking the EULA on first startup is the right thing to do on multiuser systems. Depends on the license terms of course... - Panu - _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
