> 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. > I'm being a brave (foolish?) soul and am doing just that ... there's no yum in EL4 (at least, I can't find one on the ISOs), so I'm bundling in APT instead. Could someone out there possibly explain to me a little more about what genhdlist does, and what its various options mean? It's got a usage message, no man page, no info page, and the only docs I've found online relate to RH7.2 and earlier. Can someone shed some light on this mysterious-yet-essential application? thanks, Klaus
