I'm using the OVF 1.0 tool to create a package for deployment to customers. Included in my command is the --eula@=eulatext.txt parameter. When I use this parameter, the tool spends the requisite hour or two to extract and compress the virtual disk drive, but it doesn't create an OVF or MF file. Without the --eula@= parameter, the OVF and MF files are created as expected.
Through trial and error, I've determined that the OVF 1.0 tool imposes a character limit in the contents of the text file I'm using. When I cut about half of the EULA text, use of the --eula@= parameter works as expected. (An error message from the tool would have saved me quite a bit of time determining this. Checking this before the virtual disks are processed would also have saved hours.)
This is a legal concern. I need to provide documentation of the character limit to my organization as justification for truncating our EULA. Does anyone know where VMware or DMTF document this character limit? I've been unable to locate it.