2 solutions: - manually: you can edit the .dist file with any text file editor (even vi). - automatically: . either you write a script to look for the "no" string and replace it with "yes" or you edit the .dist XML file with some command line tools (which I don't know) that lets you parse/modify a XML file. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:20 PM, vishnu kulkarni <vishnu5876@gmail.com> wrote:

What's the best way to modify the distribution.dist file inorder to allow the external scripts to run?

Thanks,

Vishnu

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Stephane Sudre <dev.iceberg@gmail.com> wrote:

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:23 PM, vishnu kulkarni <vishnu5876@gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi Stephane,

Thanks for explanation. But if i include only memory requirement, it does not create any dist file. When I add Disk space requirement and include a preflight script along with the package it fails while installing. If I do not include the script it works fine or vice versa, If i include script and removed disk space requirement it works. I think it's something to do with the dist file. I have pasted just a line from the dist file, I tried changing it though. But i guess you might help me out .

options customize="never" allow-external-scripts="no" ( Script fails because of this ? ) Do i need to  allow external scripts to run?

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rootVolumeOnly="true"/>    <installation-check script="pm_install_check();"/>    <volume-check script="pm_volume_check();"/>

If you're calling an external shell script from the installation- or volume-check scripts, yes you need to allow external scripts. Even if the shell script ends up being embedded in the distribution.

-- vishnu

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