PackageMaker 3.0.3: diff between metapackage and distribution package?

Hello,
I'm trying to build an installer that does the following:
1) install an application in /Applications
2) modify the installed application (adding custom plugins)
3) install extra files somewhere else
I've built 3 packages for these items each with their own preflight and postflight scripts (when relevant). Each can be selected by the user to be installed or not. (3) can be installed in a different place than preset.
I've found info in the PackageMaker User Guide that there are metapackages and distribution packages and they differ in the order of the scripts being executed and the possibility of installing some or all packages in custom locations.
But I can't find how to configure a package to be either a metapackage or a distribution package in the PackageMaker interface.
Any clues?
Thanks.

I wouldn't recommend that. You should really play by PackageMaker's rules. Of course, those rules aren't written down anywhere
What you can do is set your destination to be just / - nothing else. Then, the files that you install need to have their own, correct, hierarchy. You start with a temp folder. In that temp folder and create the following hierarchcy (for example): /tmp/packagemaker/Library/QuickTime/Perian. Then, you build your package using /tmp/packagemaker. I have scripts that build my temp directories just so before I ever start PackageMaker. Next, apply the appropriate (usually root) permissions to your temp files. (This way, you can keep non-root files in your own SCM repository). Finally, build the package using those temp files. Depending on how you structure your hierarchy, you may need to check/uncheck "Include root in package".
I've made it sound easier than it is. There is some trial an error involved.
Let me know if this doesn't make sense. I know it is confusing.

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