Dealing with "Accept to download" agreements?

Question

Hey guys,
I wanted to make a little package for the "ventrilo_status" program. This is a CLI tool that's part of the ventrilo voice chat software.
The download page for this particular piece of software is located here http://www.ventrilo.com/dlprod.php?id=102
I see there is a package in the AUR for the ventrilo-server portion of the software, and that the PKGBUILD requires the user to select the "I Agree" button in lynx.
I was curious if this is how I have to download the software archive due to licensing reasons? Or is there a better way to approach this to keep the makepkg process automated? I would really like to avoid a build dependency like lynx.   
I also have a second more technical question. To download the file you have to make a POST request to the download page. I'm able to do this with curl with the following command
curl -X POST -d "Download=I Agree" -o ventrilo.tar.gz "http://dlx2.ventrilo.com/dl.php?server_linux_i386&8881575364671"
It doesn't look like I can specify any additional parameters to the DELAGENTS makepkg uses to download the source array. Is there a best practice I can follow for properly managing the download without using the source array?
Thanks,
Last edited by EvanPurkhiser (2013-11-26 06:54:31)

Answer 1

I'm 99% sure any (AUR) PKGBUILD that needs user interaction during building is frowned upon.
I do remember seeing packages in the AUR that needed files from original CDs, and the most commonly used solution then was :
- add the necessary files to the source array
- put a note in comments how to get those files from the original CDs, and manually put them in the directory where the PKGBUILD is stored
I think the best place to ask your questions is the aur-general mailing list (see https://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/l … ur-general ),
so TUs can give their input.