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Date:      Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:34:30 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com>
Cc:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help making a port for a (somewhat) restricted program
Message-ID:  <18894.17286.871672.263565@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <accd96830903280816y1d03b1auc52d630a53480eed@mail.gmail.com>
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Vitaly Magerya writes:

>  >       Look at how java/jdk-* does it.
>  
>  java/jdk* uses ${PRINTF} (/usr/bin/printf) to display a message about
>  you having to go and download some of the restricted files, and then exits.
>  Once you've downloaded the files (and that implies that you've accepted
>  the license), the message no longer appears, and you can proceed with
>  installation.
>  (This seems to be the common way of treating restricted ports).

	I just re-compiled jdk-1.6 (all 6 hours of it) yesterday.
After unpacking the tarball(s) but before config. it popped up the
Sun license and asked for a "yes/no".  I have no idea exactly how.


				Robert Huff




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