diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-1-root.txt b/base/fhs/fhs-1-root.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7bae86d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-1-root.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-1-root.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+# Chapter 3. The Root Filesystem
+#
+
+m bin
+m boot
+m dev
+m etc
+# lib/ is created later considering arch-based logic
+m media
+m mnt
+m opt
+m sbin
+m srv
+m tmp ugo=rwxt
+m usr
+m var
+
+m etc/opt
+m etc/local
+# etc/xml	do we want this?
+# etc/sgml	do we want this?
+
+m home
+# lib<qual> are created later considing arch-based logic
+m root 0700
+
+# who defined this?
+m sbin/init.d
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-2-usr.txt b/base/fhs/fhs-2-usr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e55b0ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-2-usr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-2-usr.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+# Chapter 4.The /usr Hierarchy
+#
+
+m usr/bin
+m usr/include
+# usr/lib/ is created later considering arch-based logic
+m usr/local
+m usr/sbin
+m usr/share
+
+m usr/games
+m usr/src
+
+m usr/share/man
+m usr/share/man/man1
+m usr/share/man/man2
+m usr/share/man/man3
+m usr/share/man/man4
+m usr/share/man/man5
+m usr/share/man/man6
+m usr/share/man/man7
+m usr/share/man/man8
+m usr/share/misc
+
+m usr/share/dict
+m usr/share/doc
+m usr/share/games
+m usr/share/info
+m usr/share/locale
+m usr/share/nls
+m usr/share/terminfo
+# usr/share/tmac	do we want this?
+# usr/share/xml		do we want this?
+# usr/share/sgml	do we want this?
+m usr/share/zoneinfo
+
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-2-var.txt b/base/fhs/fhs-2-var.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe5376b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-2-var.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-2-var.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+# Chapter 5. The /var Hierarchy
+#
+m var/cache
+m var/lib
+m var/lib/misc
+m var/log
+m var/lock
+m var/run
+m var/spool
+
+# The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require
+# temporary files or directories that are preserved between system reboots.
+m var/tmp ugo=rwxt
+
+# substructures
+#
+m var/opt
+m var/local
+m var/games
+
+# optionals
+#
+m var/account
+# var/crash	uhm?
+m var/mail ugo=rwxt
+# var/yp	only if NIS?
+
+# others available on 00-dirtree
+m var/empty
+# var/spool/mqueue		do we need it?
+# var/lib/pkgtool ../adm	what for?
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-3-lib.sh b/base/fhs/fhs-3-lib.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61249fc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-3-lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-3-lib.sh
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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=
+
+if [ "$SDECFG_MULTILIB" = 1 ]; then
+	case $arch_machine in
+		powerpc64|sparc64|x86_64|mips64)
+			lib=lib64 ;;
+	esac
+fi
+
+for x in '' 'usr/' 'usr/local/'; do
+	if [ -z "$lib" ]; then
+		echo "m ${x}lib"
+	else
+		echo "m ${x}lib32"
+		echo "m ${x}lib64"
+		echo "l ${x}lib $lib"
+	fi
+done
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-4-linux.txt b/base/fhs/fhs-4-linux.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bee268b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-4-linux.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-4-linux.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+# linux kernel related
+#
+m lib/modules
+m lib/firmware
+m proc
+m sys
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-5-usr_local.txt b/base/fhs/fhs-5-usr_local.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53ead2804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-5-usr_local.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-5-usr_local.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+m usr/local/bin
+l usr/local/etc ../../etc/local
+# usr/local/games	do we want this?
+m usr/local/include
+# usr/local/lib/ is created later
+# usr/local/man is created later
+m usr/local/sbin
+m usr/local/share
+m usr/local/share/man
+m usr/local/share/misc
+m usr/local/src
+
+l usr/local/man share/man
+l usr/local/var ../../var/local
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-6-lsb.txt b/base/fhs/fhs-6-lsb.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e63141f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-6-lsb.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-6-lsb.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+# LSB 3.1 makes some special requests for /etc
+
+m etc/cron.d
+m etc/cron.daily
+m etc/cron.hourly
+m etc/cron.monthly
+m etc/cron.weekly
+
+l etc/init.d ../sbin/init.d
+m etc/profile.d
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-8-compatibility.txt b/base/fhs/fhs-8-compatibility.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..445e83227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-8-compatibility.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-8-compatibility.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+# Some compatibility links
+#
+
+l usr/spool ../var/spool
+l usr/tmp ../var/tmp
+l usr/opt ../opt
+
+l var/spool/locks ../lock
+l var/spool/mail ../mail
+
+l var/state lib
+
+l usr/share/doc/packages .
+l usr/info share/info
+l usr/man share/man
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs-9-opensde.txt b/base/fhs/fhs-9-opensde.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a06b2d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs-9-opensde.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs-9-opensde.txt
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+# config
+#
+m etc/conf
+# etc/hotplug.d/default		uhm? etc/hotplug.d is missing anyway
+m etc/skel
+
+# sysvinit (here?!)
+#
+m etc/rc.d
+l etc/rc.d/init.d ../init.d
+m etc/rc.d/rcX.d
+m etc/rc.d/rc0.d
+m etc/rc.d/rc1.d
+m etc/rc.d/rc2.d
+m etc/rc.d/rc3.d
+m etc/rc.d/rc4.d
+m etc/rc.d/rc5.d
+m etc/rc.d/rc6.d
+
+# For our package management system
+#
+m var/adm
+m var/adm/flists
+# var/adm/cksums	this is deprecated
+m var/adm/md5sums
+m var/adm/packages
+m var/adm/dependencies
+# new
+m var/adm/postinstall
+
+# compatibility
+l etc/postinstall.d ../var/adm/postinstall
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs.conf b/base/fhs/fhs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3aab5213d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2006 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 ---
+
+srctar=none
+createprefix=0
+createdocs=0
+check_usrlocal=0
+
+makeopt=
+makeinstopt=
+
+fhs_create_helper() {
+	while read cmd name attribute; do
+		if [ -e "$sysroot/$name" ]; then
+			echo "Skipping: $name"
+			# continue
+		elif [ "$cmd" == "m" ]; then
+			echo "Creating: $name"
+			mkdir "$sysroot/$name"
+			[ -z "$attribute" ] ||
+				chmod "$attribute" "$sysroot/$name"
+		elif [ "$cmd" == "l" -a -n "$attribute" ]; then
+			echo "Symlinking: $name -> $attribute"
+			ln -s "$attribute" "$sysroot/$name"
+		else
+			echo_error "Syntax Error: $cmd $name $attribute"
+			false
+		fi
+		add_flist "$sysroot/$name"
+	done
+}
+
+fhsfiles="$( ls $confdir/fhs-*.{txt,sh} 2> /dev/null | sort )"
+
+fhs_create() {
+	local file=
+
+	for file in $fhsfiles; do
+		case "$file" in
+			*.sh)	echo "loading $file..." 1>&2
+				sh $file ;;
+			*.txt)	echo "loading $file..." 1>&2
+				sed -e '/^[ \t]*$/d;' -e '/^#/d;' $file ;;
+		esac | fhs_create_helper
+	done
+}
+
+hook_add postmake 5 fhs_create
+
+hook_add postdoc 7 "mkdir -p $root$docdir/; cp -vf $( match_source_file -p fhs ) $root$docdir/"
diff --git a/base/fhs/fhs.desc b/base/fhs/fhs.desc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b9a9f3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/fhs/fhs.desc
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+[COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] Filename: package/.../fhs/fhs.desc
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+[COPY] it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+[COPY] the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+[COPY] GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+[COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+[I] The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
+
+[T] The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) defines the main
+[T] directories and their contents in Linux and other Unix-like
+[T] computer operating systems.
+
+[U] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
+
+[A] The Free Standards Group
+[M] Alejandro Mery <amery@opensde.org>
+
+[C] base/system
+
+[L] PublicDomain
+[S] Stable
+[V] 2.3
+[P] X 01-------9 000.000
+
+[D] 1534350155 fhs-2.3.txt.gz http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/