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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b7e38a3..4847de79 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,15 +21,7 @@
 #     
 #################### (planetlab) distributions
 #
-# (*) the default distribution is called 'planetlab'
-# (*) you may define an alternative distribution, e.g. onelab
-# in this case you need to
-# (*) create onelab.mk that defines your *packages* (see below)
-# (*) create onelab-tags.mk that defines where to fetch your *modules*
-# (*) create your main yumgroups.xml as groups/<distro>.xml
-# (*) there are also various places where a set of modules are defined.
-#     check for .lst files in the various modules that build root images
-#     and mimic what's done for planetlab 
+# (*) see README-pldistros.txt
 # (*) then you need to run 
 #     make stage1=true PLDISTRO=onelab
 #
@@ -64,6 +56,8 @@
 #     a set of *packages* that this package depends on
 # (*) package-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS
 #     a set of *rpms* that the build will rpm-install before building <package>
+#     this is intended to denote local rpms, i.e. ones that are results of our own build
+#     stock rpms should be mentioned in config.planetlab/devel.pkgs
 # (*) package-DEPEND-FILES
 #     a set of files that the package depends on - and that make needs to know about
 #     if this contains RPMS/yumgroups.xml, then the toplevel RPMS's index 
@@ -72,6 +66,9 @@
 # (*) package-RPMBUILD: If not rpmbuild - mostly used for sudo'ing rpmbuild
 # (*) package-BUILD-FROM-SRPM: set this to any non-empty value, if your package is able to produce 
 #     a source rpms by running 'make srpm'
+# (*) package-RPMDATE: set this to any non-empty value to get the rpm package's release field hold the current date
+#     this is useful for container packages, like e.g. bootstrapfs or vserver, that contains much more than the
+#     correspondng module
 #
 #################### modules
 # Required information about the various modules (set this in e.g. planetlab-tags.mk)
@@ -89,23 +86,31 @@
 #
 # the build defines some make variables that are extracted from spec files
 # see for example
-# (*)  $ make ulogd.pkginfo
+# (*)  $ make ulogd-pkginfo
 #        to see the list f variables attached to a given package
-# (*)  $ make kernel-devel.rpminfo
-#        to see the list f variables attached to a given rpm
+# (*)  $ make kernel-devel-rpminfo
+#        to see the list of variables attached to a given rpm
 #
 ####################
 
+# exported to spec files as plrelease
+PLANETLAB_RELEASE = 4.3
+
 #
 # Default values
 #
-HOSTARCH := $(shell uname -i)
+# minimal compat with macos, just so this does not complain 
+HOSTARCH := $(shell uname -i 2> /dev/null || uname -m 2> /dev/null)
 DISTRO := $(shell ./getdistro.sh)
 RELEASE := $(shell ./getrelease.sh)
+DISTRONAME := $(shell ./getdistroname.sh)
 RPM-INSTALL-DEVEL := rpm --force -Uvh
-# cannot force rpm -e
+# uninstall -- cannot force rpm -e
+# need to ignore result, kernel-headers cannot be uninstalled as glibc depends on it
 RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL := rpm -e
 
+REMOTE-PLDISTROS="gnuradio"
+
 #################### Makefile
 # Default target
 all:
@@ -116,9 +121,15 @@ PLDISTRO := planetlab
 RPMBUILD := rpmbuild
 export CVS_RSH := ssh
 
-########## pldistro.mk holds PLDISTRO - it is generated at stage1 (see below)
+########## savedpldistro.mk holds PLDISTRO - it is generated at stage1 (see below)
 ifeq "$(stage1)" ""
-include pldistro.mk
+include savedpldistro.mk
+endif
+
+# when re-running the nightly build after failure, we need to gather the former values
+# do this by running make stage1=skip +PLDISTRO
+ifeq "$(stage1)" "skip"
+include savedpldistro.mk
 endif
 
 #################### include onelab.mk
@@ -131,6 +142,43 @@ include $(PLDISTROCONTENTS)
 PLDISTROTAGS := $(PLDISTRO)-tags.mk
 include $(PLDISTROTAGS)
 
+# this used to be set in the -tags.mk files, but that turned out to require
+# error-prone duplicate changes 
+# so now the nightly build script sets this to what it is currently using
+# we set a default in case we run the build manually:
+# if the local directory was svn checked out, then use the corresponding URL
+svn-info-url-line := $(shell svn info 2> /dev/null | grep URL:)
+default-build-SVNPATH := $(lastword $(svn-info-url-line))
+# otherwise, use this hard-coded default
+ifeq "$(default-build-SVNPATH)" ""
+default-build-SVNPATH := http://svn.planet-lab.org/svn/build/trunk
+endif
+# use default if necessary
+build-SVNPATH ?= $(default-build-SVNPATH)
+
+####################
+define remote_pldistro
+$(1).mk: config.$(1)/$(1).mk
+	@echo 'creating $(1) from config subdir'
+	cp config.$(1)/$(1).mk $(1).mk
+
+$(2).mk: config.$(1)/$(2).mk
+	@echo 'creating $(1) tags from config subdir'
+	cp config.$(1)/$(2).mk $(2).mk
+
+config.$(1)/$(1).mk: config.$(1)
+config.$(1)/$(2).mk: config.$(1)
+
+config.$(1): config.$(1).svnpath
+	@echo "Fetching details for pldistro $(1)"
+	svn export $(shell grep -v "^#" config.$(1).svnpath) config.$(1)
+
+DISTCLEANS += $(1).mk $(2).mk config.$(1)
+
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call remote_pldistro,gnuradio,gnuradio-tags))
+
 ########## stage1 and stage1iter
 # extract specs and compute .mk files by running 
 # make stage1=true
@@ -188,34 +236,10 @@ all: repo
 endif
 endif
 
-####################
-# gather build information for the 'About' page
-# uses INIT_CWD to try and guess the vserver location
-myplc-release:
-	@echo 'Creating myplc-release'
-	rm -f $@
-	(echo -n 'Build bdate: ' ; date '+%Y.%m.%d') >> $@
-	(echo -n 'Build btime: ' ; date '+%H:%M') >> $@
-	(echo -n 'Build bhostname: ' ; hostname) >> $@
-	(echo    "Build blocation: $(INIT_CWD)") >> $@
-	(echo -n 'Build tags file: ' ; fgrep '$$''Id' $(PLDISTROTAGS)) >> $@
-	(echo    "Build tarch: $(HOSTARCH)") >> $@
-	(echo    "Build tdistro: $(DISTRO)") >> $@
-	(echo    "Build trelease: $(RELEASE)") >> $@
-	echo "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx modules versions info" >> $@
-	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory versions >> $@
-	echo "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx rpms list" >> $@
-	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory version-rpms >> $@
-
-### yumgroups.xml
-# the source
-ifndef YUMGROUPS
-YUMGROUPS := groups/$(PLDISTRO).xml
-endif
-
-RPMS/yumgroups.xml: $(YUMGROUPS)
+### yumgroups.xml : compute from all known .pkgs files
+RPMS/yumgroups.xml: 
 	mkdir -p RPMS
-	install -D -m 644 $(YUMGROUPS) $@
+	./yumgroups.sh $(PLDISTRO) > $@
 
 createrepo = createrepo --quiet -g yumgroups.xml RPMS/ 
 
@@ -236,39 +260,47 @@ define stage1_variables
 $(1).spec = $(notdir $($(1)-SPEC))
 $(1).specpath = SPECS/$(1).spec
 $(1).module = $(firstword $($(1)-MODULES))
+$(1)-SVNPATH = $(strip $($(1)-SVNPATH))
 endef
 
 $(foreach package, $(ALL), $(eval $(call stage1_variables,$(package))))
 
 #
-# for each package, compute whether we need to set date (i.e. whether we use the trunk)
-# the myplc package is forced to have a date, because it is more convenient
-# (we cannot bump its number everytime something changes in the system)
-# myplc-native does not need this trick
+# for each package, compute whether we need to set date 
+# the heuristic is that we mention the date as part of the rpm release flag if
+# (*) the package has requested it by setting package-RPMDATE (container packages should do that)
+# (*) or SVNPATH contains 'trunk' or 'branches' 
 # 
 define package_hasdate
-$(1).has-date = $(if $(subst myplc,,$(1)), \
-	          $(if $($(1)-SVNPATH),\
-		     $(if $(findstring /trunk,$($(1)-SVNPATH)),yes,),\
-		     $(if $(findstring HEAD,$($(1)-TAG)),yes,)), \
-		yes)
+$(1).has-date = $(if $($(1)-RPMDATE),yes, \
+                  $(if $($($(1).module)-SVNPATH), \
+		     $(if $(findstring /trunk,$($($(1).module)-SVNPATH)),yes, \
+			$(if $(findstring /branches,$($($(1).module)-SVNPATH)),yes,)), \
+		     $(if $(findstring HEAD,$($($(1).module)-TAG)),yes,)))
 endef
 
 $(foreach package, $(ALL), $(eval $(call package_hasdate,$(package))))
 
+### the common header for generated specfiles
+# useful when trying new specfiles manually
+header.spec:
+	(echo -n "# Generated by planetlab build from $($(1)-SPEC) on " ; date) > $@
+	echo "%define distro $(DISTRO)" >> $@
+	echo "%define distrorelease $(RELEASE)" >> $@
+	echo "%define distroname $(DISTRONAME)" >> $@
+	echo "%define pldistro $(PLDISTRO)" >> $@
+	echo "%define plrelease $(PLANETLAB_RELEASE)" >> $@
+
 ### extract spec file from scm
 define target_spec
-$($(1).specpath):
+$($(1).specpath): header.spec
 	mkdir -p SPECS
-	(echo -n "# Generated by planetlab build from $($(1)-SPEC) on " ; date) > $($(1).specpath)
-	echo "%define distroname $(DISTRO)" >> $($(1).specpath)
-	echo "%define distrorelease $(RELEASE)" >> $($(1).specpath)
-	echo "%define pldistro $(PLDISTRO)" >> $($(1).specpath)
+	cat header.spec > $($(1).specpath)
 	$(if $($(1).has-date),echo "%define date $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d)" >> $($(1).specpath),)
 	$(if $($(1)-SPECVARS), \
 	  $(foreach line,$($(1)-SPECVARS), \
 	    echo "%define" $(word 1,$(subst =, ,$(line))) "$(word 2,$(subst =, ,$(line)))" >> $($(1).specpath) ;))
-	echo "# included from codebase specfile" >> $($(1).specpath)
+	echo "# included from $($(1)-SPEC)" >> $($(1).specpath)
 	$(if $($($(1).module)-SVNPATH),\
           svn cat $($($(1).module)-SVNPATH)/$($(1)-SPEC) >> $($(1).specpath) || rm $($(1).specpath),\
           cvs -d $($($(1).module)-CVSROOT) checkout \
@@ -310,23 +342,29 @@ spec2make: spec2make.c
 define target_mk
 MAKE/$(1).mk: $($(1).specpath) spec2make .rpmmacros
 	mkdir -p MAKE
-	./spec2make $($(1)-RPMFLAGS) $($(1).specpath) $(1) > MAKE/$(1).mk
-	@if [ -z MAKE/$(1).mk ] ; then rm MAKE/$(1).mk ; exit 1 ; fi
+	./spec2make $($(1)-RPMFLAGS) $($(1).specpath) $(1) > MAKE/$(1).mk || { rm MAKE/$(1).mk; exit 1; }
 endef
 
 $(foreach package,$(ALL),$(eval $(call target_mk,$(package))))
 
 # stores PLDISTRO in a file
 # this is done at stage1. later run wont get confused
-pldistro.mk:
+savedpldistro.mk:
 	echo "PLDISTRO:=$(PLDISTRO)" > $@
 	echo "PLDISTROTAGS:=$(PLDISTROTAGS)" >> $@
+	echo "build-SVNPATH:=$(build-SVNPATH)" >> $@
+	echo "PERSONALITY:=$(PERSONALITY)" >> $@
+	echo "MAILTO:=$(MAILTO)" >> $@
+	echo "BASE:=$(BASE)" >> $@
+	echo "WEBPATH:=$(WEBPATH)" >> $@
+	echo "TESTBUILDURL:=$(TESTBUILDURL)" >> $@
+	echo "WEBROOT:=$(WEBROOT)" >> $@
 
-savepldistro: pldistro.mk
-.PHONY: savepldistro
+savedpldistro: savedpldistro.mk
+.PHONY: savedpldistro
 
 # always refresh this
-all: savepldistro
+all: savedpldistro
 
 #################### regular make
 
@@ -419,7 +457,6 @@ srpms: $(ALLSRPMS)
 .PHONY: srpms
 
 # usage: target_source_rpm package
-# select upon the package name, whether it contains srpm or not
 define target_source_rpm 
 ifeq "$($(1)-BUILD-FROM-SRPM)" ""
 $($(1).srpm): $($(1).specpath) .rpmmacros $($(1).tarballs) 
@@ -427,7 +464,7 @@ $($(1).srpm): $($(1).specpath) .rpmmacros $($(1).tarballs)
 	@(echo -n "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -- BEG SRPM $(1) (using SOURCES) " ; date)
 	$(if $($(1).all-devel-rpm-paths), $(RPM-INSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1).all-devel-rpm-paths))
 	$($(1).rpmbuild) -bs $($(1).specpath)
-	$(if $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS), $(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS))
+	-$(if $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS), $(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS))
 	@(echo -n "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -- END SRPM $(1) " ; date)
 else
 $($(1).srpm): $($(1).specpath) .rpmmacros $($(1).codebase)
@@ -437,7 +474,7 @@ $($(1).srpm): $($(1).specpath) .rpmmacros $($(1).codebase)
 	make -C $($(1).codebase) srpm SPECFILE=$(HOME)/$($(1).specpath) && \
            rm -f SRPMS/$(notdir $($(1).srpm)) && \
            ln $($(1).codebase)/$(notdir $($(1).srpm)) SRPMS/$(notdir $($(1).srpm)) 
-	$(if $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS), $(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS))
+	-$(if $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS), $(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS))
 	@(echo -n "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -- END SRPM $(1) " ; date)
 endif
 endef
@@ -454,41 +491,51 @@ rpms: $(ALLRPMS)
 # use tmp dirs when building binary rpm so make remains idempotent 
 # otherwise SOURCES/ or SPEC gets touched again - which leads to rebuilding
 RPM-USE-TMP-DIRS = --define "_sourcedir $(HOME)/tmp" --define "_specdir $(HOME)/tmp"
+RPM-USE-COMPILE-DIRS = --define "_sourcedir $(HOME)/COMPILE" --define "_specdir $(HOME)/COMPILE"
 
 # usage: build_binary_rpm package
 # xxx hacky - invoke createrepo if DEPEND-FILES mentions RPMS/yumgroups.xml
 define target_binary_rpm 
 $($(1).rpms): $($(1).srpm)
-	mkdir -p BUILD RPMS tmp
+	mkdir -p RPMS tmp
 	@(echo -n "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -- BEG RPM $(1) " ; date)
 	$(if $(findstring RPMS/yumgroups.xml,$($(1)-DEPEND-FILES)), $(createrepo) , )
 	$(if $($(1).all-devel-rpm-paths), $(RPM-INSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1).all-devel-rpm-paths))
 	$($(1).rpmbuild) --rebuild $(RPM-USE-TMP-DIRS) $($(1).srpm)
-	$(if $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS), $(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS))
+	-$(if $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS), $(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS))
 	@(echo -n "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -- END RPM $(1) " ; date)
+# for manual use only - in case we need to investigate the results of an rpmbuild
+$(1)-compile: $($(1).srpm)
+	mkdir -p COMPILE tmp
+	@(echo -n "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -- BEG compile $(1) " ; date)
+	$(if $(findstring RPMS/yumgroups.xml,$($(1)-DEPEND-FILES)), $(createrepo) , )
+	$(if $($(1).all-devel-rpm-paths), $(RPM-INSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1).all-devel-rpm-paths))
+	$($(1).rpmbuild) --recompile $(RPM-USE-TMP-DIRS) $($(1).srpm)
+	-$(if $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS), $(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $($(1)-DEPEND-DEVEL-RPMS))
+	@(echo -n "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -- END compile $(1) " ; date)
+.PHONY: $(1)-compile
 endef
 
 $(foreach package,$(ALL),$(eval $(call target_binary_rpm,$(package))))
-
 ### shorthand target
 # e.g. make proper -> does propers rpms
 # usage shorthand_target package
 define target_shorthand 
-$(1): $($(package).rpms)
+$(1): $($(1).rpms)
 .PHONY: $(1)
-$(1)-spec: $($(package)-SPEC)
+$(1)-spec: $($(1)-SPEC)
 .PHONY: $(1)-spec
-$(1)-mk: $($(package)-MK)
+$(1)-mk: $($(1)-MK)
 .PHONY: $(1)-mk
-$(1)-tarball: $($(package).tarballs)
+$(1)-tarball: $($(1).tarballs)
 .PHONY: $(1)-tarball
-$(1)-codebase: $($(package).codebase)
+$(1)-codebase: $($(1).codebase)
 .PHONY: $(1)-source
-$(1)-source: $($(package).source)
+$(1)-source: $($(1).source)
 .PHONY: $(1)-codebase
-$(1)-rpms: $($(package).rpms)
+$(1)-rpms: $($(1).rpms)
 .PHONY: $(1)-rpms
-$(1)-srpm: $($(package).srpm)
+$(1)-srpm: $($(1).srpm)
 .PHONY: $(1)-srpm
 endef
 
@@ -573,20 +620,50 @@ clean-help:
 
 ### brute force clean
 distclean1:
-	rm -rf pldistro.mk .rpmmacros spec2make SPECS MAKE 
+	rm -rf savedpldistro.mk .rpmmacros spec2make header.spec SPECS MAKE $(DISTCLEANS)
 distclean2:
 	rm -rf CODEBASES SOURCES BUILD RPMS SRPMS tmp
 distclean: distclean1 distclean2
 .PHONY: distclean1 distclean2 distclean
 
 develclean:
-	$(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $(ALL-DEVEL-RPMS)
+	-$(RPM-UNINSTALL-DEVEL) $(ALL-DEVEL-RPMS)
 
-#################### produce reliable version information
+####################
+# gather build information for the 'About' page
+# when run from crontab, INIT_CWD not properly set (says /root ..)
+# so, the nightly build passes BASE here
+# also store BASE in .base for any post-processing purposes
+myplc-release:
+	@echo 'Creating myplc-release'
+	rm -f $@
+	echo "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx build info" >> $@
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory version-build >> $@
+	echo "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx svn info" >> $@
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory version-svns >> $@
+	echo "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx rpm info" >> $@
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory version-rpms >> $@
+	@echo $(BASE) > .base
+
+version-build:
+	@echo -n 'Build build-date: ' ; date '+%Y.%m.%d'
+	@echo -n 'Build build-time: ' ; date '+%H:%M-%Z'
+	@echo -n 'Build build-hostname: ' ; hostname
+	@echo    "Build build-base: $(BASE)"
+	@echo    "Build planetlab-distro: $(PLDISTRO)"
+	@echo    "Build planetlab-tags: $(PLDISTROTAGS)"
+	@echo -n 'Build planetlab-tagsid: ' ; fgrep '$$''Id' $(PLDISTROTAGS)
+	@echo    "Build target-arch: $(HOSTARCH)"
+	@echo    "Build target-distro: $(DISTRO)"
+	@echo    "Build target-distroname: $(DISTRONAME)"
+	@echo    "Build target-release: $(RELEASE)"	
+	@echo    "Build target-personality: $(PERSONALITY)"	
+
+#################### 
 # for a given module
 VFORMAT="%30s := %s\n"
-define print_version
-$(1)-version:
+define svn_version_target
+$(1)-version-svn:
 	@$(if $($(1)-SVNPATH),\
 	   printf $(VFORMAT) $(1)-SVNPATH "$($(1)-SVNPATH)",\
 	   printf $(VFORMAT) $(1)-CVSROOT "$($(1)-CVSROOT)" ; printf $(VFORMAT) $(1)-TAG "$($(1)-TAG)")
@@ -597,27 +674,60 @@ ALL-MODULES :=
 $(foreach package,$(ALL), $(eval ALL-MODULES+=$($(package)-MODULES)))
 ALL-MODULES:=$(sort $(ALL-MODULES))
 
-$(foreach module,$(ALL-MODULES), $(eval $(call print_version,$(module))))
+$(foreach module,$(ALL-MODULES), $(eval $(call svn_version_target,$(module))))
 
-versions: $(foreach module, $(ALL-MODULES), $(module)-version)
+version-svns: $(foreach module, $(ALL-MODULES), $(module)-version-svn)
 
-RFORMAT="%20s :: %s\n"
-define print_rpms
-$(1)-version-rpms:
-	@$(foreach rpm,$($(1).rpms),printf $(RFORMAT) $(1) $(notdir $(rpm));)
-version-rpms: $(1)-version-rpms
+RFORMAT="%20s :: version=%s release=%s\n"
+define rpm_version_target
+$(1)-version-rpm:
+	@printf $(RFORMAT) $($(1).rpm-name) $($(1).rpm-version) $($(1).rpm-release)
+version-rpms: $(1)-version-rpm
 endef
 
-$(foreach package,$(sort $(ALL)), $(eval $(call print_rpms,$(package))))
+$(foreach package,$(sort $(ALL)), $(eval $(call rpm_version_target,$(package))))
+
+versions: myplc-release version-build version-svns version-rpms
+.PHONY: versions version-build version-rpms version-svns
+
+#################### package info
+PKGKEYS := tarballs source codebase srpm rpms rpmnames rpm-release rpm-name rpm-version rpm-subversion
+%-pkginfo: package=$(subst -pkginfo,,$@)
+%-pkginfo: 
+	@$(foreach key,$(PKGKEYS),echo "$(package).$(key)=$($(package).$(key))";)
+## rpm info
+RPMKEYS := rpm-path package
+%-rpminfo: rpm=$(subst -rpminfo,,$@)
+%-rpminfo: 
+	@$(foreach key,$(RPMKEYS),echo "$(rpm).$(key)=$($(rpm).$(key))";)
+
+#################### various lists - designed to run with stage1=true
+packages:
+	@$(foreach package,$(ALL), echo package=$(package) ref_module=$($(package).module) modules=$($(package)-MODULES) rpmnames=$($(package).rpmnames); )
+
+modules:
+	@$(foreach module,$(ALL-MODULES), echo module=$(module) svnpath=$($(module)-SVNPATH); )
+
+branches:
+	@$(foreach module,$(ALL-MODULES), \
+	  $(if $($(module)-SVNBRANCH),echo module=$(module) branch=$($(module)-SVNBRANCH);))
+
+module-tools:
+	@$(foreach module,$(ALL-MODULES), \
+ 	 $(if $($(module)-SVNPATH), \
+	  $(if $($(module)-SVNBRANCH), \
+	     echo $(module):$($(module)-SVNBRANCH); , \
+	     echo $(module); )))
+
+info: packages modules branches 
+
+.PHONY: info packages modules branches module-tools
+
+####################
+tests_svnpath:
+	@$(if $(tests-SVNPATH), echo $(tests-SVNPATH) > $@, \
+	echo "http://svn.planet-lab.org/svn/tests/trunk" > $@)
 
-#################### include install Makefile
-# the default is to use the distro-dependent install file
-# however the main distro file can redefine PLDISTROINSTALL
-ifndef PLDISTROINSTALL
-PLDISTROINSTALL := $(PLDISTRO)-install.mk
-endif
-# only if present
--include $(PLDISTROINSTALL)
 
 ####################
 help:
@@ -653,6 +763,11 @@ help:
 	@echo 'make srpms'
 	@echo 'make rpms'
 	@echo ""
+	@echo "********** Manual targets"
+	@echo "make package-compile"
+	@echo "  The regular process uses rpmbuild --rebuild, that performs"
+	@echo "  a compilation directory cleanup upon completion. If you need to investigate"
+	@echo "  the intermediate compilation directory, use the -compile targets"
 	@echo "********** Cleaning examples"
 	@echo "make clean"
 	@echo "  removes the files made by make"
@@ -675,10 +790,15 @@ help:
 	@echo "make ++ALL"
 	@echo "  Displays the value of a given variable (here ALL)"
 	@echo "  with only a single plus sign only the value is displayed"
-	@echo "make ulogd.pkginfo"
+	@echo "make info"
+	@echo "  is equivalent to make packages modules branches"
+	@echo "  provides various info on these objects"
+	@echo "make ulogd-pkginfo"
 	@echo "  Displays know attributes of a package"
-	@echo "make kernel-devel.rpminfo"
+	@echo "make kernel-devel-rpminfo"
 	@echo "  Displays know attributes of an rpm"
+	@echo "make stage1=true PLDISTROTAGS=planetlab-tags-4.2.mk packages modules branches module-tools"
+	@echo "  Lists mentioned items - module-tools is used in modules.update"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "********** Known pakages are"
 	@echo "$(ALL)"
@@ -692,13 +812,3 @@ help:
 +%: varname=$(subst +,,$@)
 +%:
 	@echo "$($(varname))"
-## package info
-PKGKEYS := tarballs source codebase srpm rpms rpmnames rpm-release rpm-name rpm-version rpm-subversion
-%.pkginfo: package=$(subst .pkginfo,,$@)
-%.pkginfo: 
-	@$(foreach key,$(PKGKEYS),echo "$(package).$(key)=$($(package).$(key))";)
-## rpm info
-RPMKEYS := rpm-path package
-%.rpminfo: rpm=$(subst .rpminfo,,$@)
-%.rpminfo: 
-	@$(foreach key,$(RPMKEYS),echo "$(rpm).$(key)=$($(rpm).$(key))";)