>>>>> "KS" == Klaus Steden <klaus.steden@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: KS> I'm not much for python (yet) Frankly, neither am I, but I guess that's neither here nor there. KS> could this script be used to incorporate third-party apps into a KS> distribution? Assuming those apps are in the form of RPMS, you just need to put the packages into the RPMS directory and then run genhdlist and maybe pkgorder. do_update normally does that if it updated any packages but you can force it with -G (or just look near the end of the script to see how to do it yourself). But generally I prefer not to mess with adding extra applications to the install tree and instead put them in a yum repo to be installed in %post or on the first boot. - J<