tags 574158 + patch
thanks
What about just running the preinst in d-i after unpacking the
firmware deb to ask the license question, and remove the firmware if
the preinst return an error, presumably because the license was not
accepted?
Here is an untested draft patch implementing this idea. I
Package: hw-detect
Severity: important
firmware-ipw2100 has a license prompt that is supposed to be displayed
to the user. If this firmware is loaded by d-i from media supplied by
the user, this prompt is never actually displayed.
In #504668, it's claimed that the license's FAQ allows this,
On Tuesday 16 March 2010, Joey Hess wrote:
3. Provide some way for firmware debs to communicate to d-i that they
have a license the user needs to see, and have check-missing-firmware
display these licenses before the firmware is ever used.
This is the option that I have had in the back
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