Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 12/15/05 10:12 CST: > Perhaps we should also do what DJ did for the Java binary install: > > ... > FOP_BUILD_DIR=$(pwd) && > mkdir -v -p bin && > ln -v -sf /bin/true bin/more && > cd $JAVA_HOME && > yes | PATH=$FOP_BUILD_DIR/bin:$PATH \ > $FOP_BUILD_DIR/../jai-1_1_2_01-lib-linux-i586-jdk.bin && > ... > > which would automate the install.
I am against the whole concept of that automation. Sun puts the 'more' in there for a reason. They want you to read the license agreement. I don't think it's prudent for BLFS to use techniques that violate and bypass that. I use redirection to the "yes | command" and it automates it just fine (bypasses the requirement to hit a key when the file is 'more'd). To me, it would be better to explain to use redirection, then it is to make it where you don't see the license agreement. Here is my reasoning. We use the "yes" command, but it is fully explained what we are doing. By using that command, and having explanatory text that says they are agreeing to the license, our bases are covered in that we aren't bypassing the reading, and agreeing to the license. Secondly, by using redirection to a log file, the license agreement (in entirety) is written in the log file, with a thing at the bottom (in the log) that shows the user agreed to the license. To me, this is a better way to do it. I'd like to see the binary JDK done this way as well. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 10:24:00 up 81 days, 19:48, 3 users, load average: 0.24, 0.56, 0.62 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
