diff --git a/solaris/README-solaris_pkg.txt b/solaris/README-solaris_pkg.txt
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+# $Id: README-solaris_pkg.txt,v 1.1 2000/06/16 18:58:45 steve Exp $
+
+Notes about the solaris package.
+
+I.  Installing a prebuild solaris package
+-----------------------------------------
+
+To install the solaris package do the following as root on your machine:
+
+1) uncompress the package using:
+
+     cp package_name.gz /tmp
+     cd /tmp
+     gunzip package_name.gz
+
+   where  "package_name.gz" is the compressed binary package.  It will
+   be named something like "verilog-0.3-SunOS-5.6-sparc.gz"
+
+2) install the package using:
+
+     cd /tmp
+     pkgadd -d package_name
+
+   this will install the package.  The package will be registered under the
+   name "IVLver"
+
+II.  Deinstalling the solaris package
+-------------------------------------
+
+To deinstall an installed solaris package do the following as root on your machine:
+
+    pkgrm IVLver
+
+III.  Notes on building a solaris package from sources
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+1) build and install verilog.  Be sure and pick where the package should
+   install with the "--prefix=" argument to 'configure'
+
+2) edit the 'pkginfo' file to update the version number and also set BASEDIR
+   to the same as the argument to "--prefix="
+
+3) edit the 'prototype' file to add/removed files/directories from the list
+   of installed components. 
+
+4) run the 'mksolpkg' script to create the solaris package
+
diff --git a/solaris/mksolpkg b/solaris/mksolpkg
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# mksolpkg
+#  a script to generate a native solaris package
+#
+
+
+if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
+  echo "you must be root to run this script"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# an ugly hack to get various bits of info
+ver=`grep VERSION pkginfo | sed 's/"/ /g' | awk '{print $2}'`
+basedir=`grep BASEDIR pkginfo | sed 's/"/ /g' | awk '{print $2}'`
+name=`grep NAME pkginfo | sed 's/"/ /g' | awk '{print $2}'`
+pkg=`grep PKG pkginfo | sed 's/"/ /g' | awk '{print $2}'`
+arch=`grep ARCH pkginfo | sed 's/"/ /g' | awk '{print $2}'`
+march=`uname -p`
+
+
+if [ "$arch" != "$march" ]; then
+  echo "Warning:  you have listed \"$arch\" in the pkginfo file but this machine"
+  echo "          has a \"$march\" processor"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+oslabel=`uname -s`-`uname -r`-$march
+fname=$name-$ver-$oslabel
+
+cp -f prototype $basedir 
+cp -f pkginfo  $basedir
+cd $basedir
+
+pkgmk -o -r  `pwd`
+
+cd /var/spool/pkg
+pkgtrans -s `pwd` /tmp/$fname all
+cd /tmp
+gzip -f $fname
+
+echo "Your $oslabel package is left in /tmp/$fname.gz"
+
+# cleanup 
+rm -f $basedir/prototype $basedir/pkginfo
+rm -fr /var/spool/pkg/$pkg
+
diff --git a/solaris/pkginfo b/solaris/pkginfo
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+PKG="IVLver"
+NAME="verilog"
+ARCH="sparc"
+VERSION="0.3"
+CATEGORY="application"
+VENDOR="Icarus.com"
+EMAIL="steve@icarus.com"
+PSTAMP="Stephen Williams"
+BASEDIR="/usr/local"
+CLASSES="none"
diff --git a/solaris/prototype b/solaris/prototype
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+i pkginfo=./pkginfo
+d none bin 0755 bin bin
+f none bin/iverilog 0755 bin bin
+d none include 0755 bin bin
+f none include/vpi_priv.h 0644 bin bin
+f none include/vpi_user.h 0644 bin bin
+f none include/vvm.h 0644 bin bin
+f none include/vvm_calltf.h 0644 bin bin
+f none include/vvm_func.h 0644 bin bin
+f none include/vvm_gates.h 0644 bin bin
+f none include/vvm_nexus.h 0644 bin bin
+f none include/vvm_signal.h 0644 bin bin
+f none include/vvm_thread.h 0644 bin bin
+d none lib 0755 bin bin
+d none lib/ivl 0755 bin bin
+f none lib/ivl/ivl 0755 bin bin
+f none lib/ivl/ivlpp 0755 bin bin
+f none lib/ivl/system.vpi 0644 bin bin
+f none lib/libvvm.a 0644 bin bin
+d none man 0755 bin bin
+d none man/man1 0755 bin bin
+f none man/man1/iverilog.1 0644 bin bin