--- a/doc/packaging.txt Thu Jul 11 17:18:47 2013 -0700
+++ b/doc/packaging.txt Fri Jul 12 09:55:54 2013 -0700
@@ -58,7 +58,28 @@
Actions for editable files must include an appropriate 'preserve' attribute:
file path=etc/gnu/a2ps.cfg preserve=true mode=0644
- license actions should be placed in the canonical manifest.
+ license actions should be placed in the canonical manifest, as should a
+ handful of other special actions noted in the "Manually generated actions"
+ section just below.
+
+Manually generated actions
+ * com.oracle.info.description is a terse description of what utilities,
+ libraries and/or services the package provides. This should be short,
+ specific, concise text, identifying the technology covered by the
+ associated license(s). It should fit naturally in the sentence "This
+ package may contain XXX." For example, "XXX" might be "the tar command"
+ or "bzip2 compression software." When appropriate, this may begin with
+ "portions of" or another, more specific qualifying clause.
+ * com.oracle.info.tpno is the Oracle 3rd party license number.
+ * info.classification is "org.opensolaris.category.2008:FOO" where FOO
+ varies according to the sorts of utilities, libraries and/or services
+ that the package provides. Existing packages contain most useful
+ values; check them out to find the closest match. For a complete
+ list of allowed values, refer to the Solaris system file
+ /usr/share/lib/pkg/opensolaris.org.sections .
+ * org.opensolaris.arc-caseid is typically "PSARC/YYYY/###" and multiple
+ different values are allowed.
+ * pkg.summary is a short synopsis of what the package provides.
Mogrified Manifest
The canonical manifest is combined with a set of the transforms