diff --git a/lib/sde-package/package-gem.sh b/lib/sde-package/package-gem.sh
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: lib/sde-package/package-gem.sh
+# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+. lib/libsde.in
+
+pkg_name=
+versioned=
+root=
+
+usage() {
+cat <<EOT
+Creates a GEM file for a given package based on it's flist
+
+Usage: ${0} [--versioned] [--root <root>] [--output <output>] <package>
+	type	package format (tar.gz,tar.bz2,tar.lzo,gem)
+	root	location of the root of the sandbox
+	output	folder to place the binary packages
+	package	name of the package
+
+	--versioned	use package version in the resulting file name
+EOT
+}
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+		--versioned)	versioned=1 ;;
+		--root)		root="$2"; shift ;;
+		--output)	output="$2"; shift ;;
+		--*)		usage; exit 1 ;;
+		*)		if [ "$pkg_name" ]; then
+					usage; exit 1
+				else
+					pkg_name="$1"
+				fi ;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+if [ -z "$pkg_name" ]; then
+	usage; exit 1
+elif [ ! -r "${root}/var/adm/packages/$pkg_name" ]; then
+	echo_error "package '$pkg_name' not found."
+	exit 2
+elif [ "$versioned" ]; then
+	version=$( grep '^Package Name and Version:' "${root}/var/adm/packages/$pkg_name" | cut -f6 -d' ' )
+	if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+		echo_error "package '$pkg_name' is broken."
+		exit 2
+	fi
+else
+	version=
+fi
+
+output="${output:-.}"
+filename="${pkg_name}${versioned:+-${version}}"
+
+if $SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package.sh --type "tar.bz2" ${versioned:+--versioned} --root "${root}" \
+	--output "${output}" "${pkg_name}"; then
+	echo_status "Converting into GEM format ..."
+
+	mine -C "${root}/var/adm" "$output/$filename.tar.bz2" "$pkg_name" \
+		"$output/$filename.gem.tmp"
+	errno=$?
+	if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+		echo_error "Failed to create '$output/$filename.gem'"
+		rm -f "$output/$filename.gem.tmp"
+	else
+		mv "$output/$filename.gem{.tmp,}"
+	fi
+
+	echo_status "Removing temporary ${filename}tar.bz2 file"
+	rm -f "$output/$filename.tar.bz2"
+
+	exit $errno
+fi
diff --git a/lib/sde-package/package.sh b/lib/sde-package/package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f0ff698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sde-package/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: lib/sde-package/package.sh
+# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+. lib/libsde.in
+
+pkg_type=
+pkg_name=
+versioned=
+root=
+
+usage() {
+cat <<EOT
+Creates a binary package for a given package based on it's flist
+
+Usage: ${0} --type <type> [--versioned] [--root <root>] [--output <output>] <package>
+	type	package format (tar.gz,tar.bz2,tar.lzo,gem)
+	root	location of the root of the sandbox
+	output	folder to place the binary packages
+	package	name of the package
+
+	--versioned	use package version in the resulting file name
+EOT
+}
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+		--versioned)	versioned=1 ;;
+		--type)		pkg_type="$2"; shift ;;
+		--root)		root="$2"; shift ;;
+		--output)	output="$2"; shift ;;
+		--*)		usage; exit 1 ;;
+		*)		if [ "$pkg_name" ]; then
+					usage; exit 1
+				else
+					pkg_name="$1"
+				fi ;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+if [ -z "$pkg_name" ]; then
+	usage; exit 1
+elif [ ! -r "${root}/var/adm/packages/$pkg_name" ]; then
+	echo_error "package '$pkg_name' not found."
+	exit 2
+elif [ "$versioned" ]; then
+	version=$( grep '^Package Name and Version:' "${root}/var/adm/packages/$pkg_name" | cut -f6 -d' ' )
+	if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+		echo_error "package '$pkg_name' is broken."
+		exit 2
+	fi
+else
+	version=
+fi
+
+output="${output:-.}"
+
+case "$type" in
+	tar.gz)		compressor=gzip	;;
+	tar.bz2)	compressor=bzip2 ;;
+	tar.lzo)	compressor=lzop ;;
+	*)		# external type
+		if [ -x "$SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package-$type.sh" ]; then
+			exec $SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package-$type.sh ${versioned:+--versioned} --root "${root}" \
+				--output "${output}" "${pkg_name}"
+		else
+			echo_error "packaging type '$type' not handled."
+			exit 3
+		fi
+esac
+
+echo_info "Creating binary package for '$pkg_name' ..."
+mkdir -p "$output"
+
+filename="$pkg_name${versioned:+-${version}}.$type"
+flist="$root/var/adm/flists/$pkg_name"
+
+( grep	  ' var/adm' "$flist"
+  grep -v ' var/adm' "$flist" ) | cut -f2- -d' ' |
+	tar -C "$root" -cf- --no-recursion --files-from=- |
+	$compressor > "$output/$filename.tmp"
+errno=$?
+
+if [ "$errno" != "0" ]; then
+	echo_error "failed to create '$output/$filename' (errno:$errno)"
+	rm -f "$output/$filename.tmp"
+	exit 4
+else
+	mv "$output/$filename{.tmp,}"
+fi