On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 08:05 -0400, Andrey Falko wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 7:49 AM, W.Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 07:14 -0400, Andrey Falko wrote: > >> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:03 PM, W.Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I am trying to install an older version of java (1_5_0_12) using an > >> > ebuild from the attic and am getting a problem accepting the licence. > >> > After displaying the licence, "More ..." is printed at the bottom of the > >> > screen as expected. Pressing any and every key does move the cursor > >> > around the screen, but whatever is displaying the licence wont react so > >> > I cant accept it. The downloaded java bin pkg does work as expected > >> > when I run it manually, so the problem must be portage I think. > >> > > >> > Is there a way to accept the licence? > >> > > >> Try setting ACCEPT_LICENSE="-*" during install of java > >> (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17367). > >> > > > > > no luck. That bug imples that ACCEPT_LICENCES isnt part of the current > > portage in any case. My problem is that I cant accept the licence when > > emerging :( > Sorry about that I thought it was :(. Anyway, I'd edit the ebuild: > > LICENSE="dlj-1.1", change the license to something else. Hopefully > this is the only thing you need to change. > > > > BillK > > > > > > ah, I see what your getting at. Wont work, the sun binaries have an internal licence viewer/acceptance mechanism which gentoo uses. For some reason the version I am trying to install doesnt work through gentoo, but 1.6 does. However, I cheated and manually installed it and configured the plugin - suns java test page tells me I have the right version so tomorrow I'll have another go at accessing the brain dead oracle forms stuff at work ...
Thanks, BillK -- [email protected] mailing list
