On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 20:59, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> David Fitch wrote:
> > So the non-interactive rule can't be turned off somewhere?
> > I can see the benefits of non-interactive installs but this
> > rpm is going to be a fairly limited release.  Sounds like
> > another limitation of the rpm format.
> 
> It's a feature!

ah yeah (various comparisons with other OSs spring to mind
here about forcing you do something the "one true way" but in
the interests of such a rant not being very helpful I'll refrain
from going on about it)

> If you really really really MUST have some interaction
> before using, then you can have your rpm install a
> non-working version, and all have your commands return
> something like
> 
>       Please run "david-fitch-app --setup"
> 
> before anything works properly.

hmm well won't work in this case, looks like I'll have to
provide an install script and pack the lot up as a tarball.
Hardly worth making an rpm really.

Thanks anyway,
Dave.

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