when building osquery from source is it possible to customis

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when building osquery from source is it possible to customise the build script to add postflight scripts eg move the plist amp load it if so where is the build script

seph · Answer

The package built That s cmake s `cpack` does that I m not sure what customizing options you have I tend to just make my own packages

alessandrogario · Answer

You can update the packaging cmake file and add ```set CPACK PREFLIGHT APPLICATIONBUNDLE SCRIPT path to preflight sh set CPACK POSTFLIGHT APPLICATIONBUNDLE SCRIPT path to postflight sh ```

alessandrogario · Answer

not familiar with how we handle packaging on macOS if we already have those two files you may have to edit them

asparamancer · Answer

thank you I can t see it is set in the current cmake file will test it out though

asparamancer · Answer

< alessandrogario> do I need to put that in a specific bit of the packaging cmake file for macos packages so far It s not executing for me at this point just trying to get it to run the included `osqueryctl start`

alessandrogario · Answer

It should be inside an if PLATFORM MACOS block like here <https github com osquery osquery blob master cmake packaging cmake L367>

alessandrogario · Answer

then the `make package` command should import those two files in the pkg

asparamancer · Answer

thank you had them in the wrong block