diff --git a/makeperlxcatrpm b/makeperlxcatrpm
index d8b3dfa6a..e5993247c 100755
--- a/makeperlxcatrpm
+++ b/makeperlxcatrpm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" ]
 then
 
 	echo '.svn' > /tmp/xcat-excludes
-	tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cvf /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-2.0.tar perl-xCAT-2.0
+	tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cf /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-2.0.tar perl-xCAT-2.0
 	gzip /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-2.0.tar
 	cd ./perl-xCAT-2.0
 	rm -f /opt/freeware/src/packages/SRPMS/perl-xCAT-2.0*rpm /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/perl-xCAT-2.0*rpm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ else
    		pkg="packages"
 	fi
 
-	tar --exclude .svn -czvf /usr/src/$pkg/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-2.0.tar.gz perl-xCAT-2.0/;
+	tar --exclude .svn -czf /usr/src/$pkg/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-2.0.tar.gz perl-xCAT-2.0/;
 	rm -f /usr/src/$pkg/SRPMS/perl-xCAT-2.0*rpm /usr/src/$pkg/RPMS/noarch/perl-xCAT-2.0*rpm
 	rpmbuild -ta /usr/src/$pkg/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-2.0.tar.gz ;
 	#rpm -Uvh /usr/src/$pkg/RPMS/noarch/perl-xCAT-2.0*rpm
diff --git a/makermcrpm b/makermcrpm
index a5317c72a..a9a543dba 100755
--- a/makermcrpm
+++ b/makermcrpm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ then
     rm -f xCAT-rmc-$version; ln -s $source/xCAT-rmc xCAT-rmc-$version
     rm -f /opt/freeware/src/packages/SRPMS/xCAT-rmc*rpm /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/xCAT-rmc*rpm
     echo '.svn' > /tmp/xcat-excludes
-    tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cvf xCAT-rmc-$version.tar xCAT-rmc-$version
+    tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cf xCAT-rmc-$version.tar xCAT-rmc-$version
     gzip /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/xCAT-rmc-$version.tar
     cd $source/xCAT-rmc
     rpm -ba xCAT-rmc.spec
diff --git a/makeserverrpm b/makeserverrpm
index 71bc5916d..7c5117230 100755
--- a/makeserverrpm
+++ b/makeserverrpm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" ]
 then
 
 	echo '.svn' > /tmp/xcat-excludes
-    tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cvf /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/xCAT-server-2.0.tar xCAT-server-2.0
+    tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cf /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/xCAT-server-2.0.tar xCAT-server-2.0
     gzip /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/xCAT-server-2.0.tar
     cd ./xCAT-server-2.0
     rm -f /opt/freeware/src/packages/SRPMS/xCAT-server-2.0*rpm /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/xCAT-server-2.0*rpm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
    		pkg="packages"
 	fi
 
-	tar  --exclude .svn -czvf /usr/src/$pkg/SOURCES/xCAT-server-2.0.tar.gz xCAT-server-2.0;
+	tar  --exclude .svn -czf /usr/src/$pkg/SOURCES/xCAT-server-2.0.tar.gz xCAT-server-2.0;
 	rm -f /usr/src/$pkg/SRPMS/xCAT-server-2.0*rpm /usr/src/$pkg/RPMS/noarch/xCAT-server-2.0*rpm
 	rpmbuild -ta /usr/src/$pkg/SOURCES/xCAT-server-2.0.tar.gz ;
 	#rpm -Uvh /usr/src/$pkg/RPMS/noarch/xCAT-server-2.0*rpm
diff --git a/makewebrpm b/makewebrpm
index 9a708d32e..fcec967f4 100644
--- a/makewebrpm
+++ b/makewebrpm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version='2.0'
 if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" ]
 then
 	echo '.svn' > /tmp/xcat-excludes
-    tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cvf /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/xCAT-web.tar xCAT-web
+    tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cf /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/xCAT-web.tar xCAT-web
     gzip /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/xCAT-web.tar
     cd ./xCAT-web
     rm -f /opt/freeware/src/packages/SRPMS/xCAT-web*rpm /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/xCAT-web*rpm
diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/db2man b/perl-xCAT-2.0/db2man
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..161f6df84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/db2man
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+
+# Builds the xCAT database man pages from the descriptions that are contained
+# in Schema.pm.  This script is run during the build of the perl-xCAT rpm, but
+# is not packaged in the binary form of that rpm.
+
+# We assume that this script is run in the perl-xCAT-2.0 dir, so everything is
+# done relative to that.
+
+use lib '.';
+
+use xCAT::Schema;
+
+my $poddir = 'pods/man5';
+if (system("mkdir -p $poddir")) { die "Error: could not create $poddir.\n"; }
+my $tabspecref = \%xCAT::Schema::tabspec;
+
+# Build the man page for each table.
+foreach my $tablekey (keys %$tabspecref) {
+    my $table = $tabspecref->{$tablekey};
+    my $summary = $table->{table_desc};
+    my $colorder = $table->{cols};
+    my $descriptions = $table->{descriptions};
+    writemanpage("$poddir/$tablekey.5.pod", $tablekey, $summary, $colorder, $descriptions);
+}
+
+exit;
+
+
+# Create the man page for one table.
+sub writemanpage {
+	my $file = shift;       # relative path file name of the man page
+	my $tablename = shift;		# name of table
+	my $summary = shift;		# description of table
+	my $colorder = shift;		# the order in which the table attributes should be presented in
+	my $descriptions = shift;	# a hash containing the description of each attribute
+
+	open(FILE, ">$file") or die "Error: could not open $file for writing.\n";
+
+	print FILE <<"EOS1";
+=head1 NAME
+
+B<$tablename> - a table in the xCAT database.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<$tablename Attributes:>
+EOS1
+
+foreach my $a (@$colorder) { print FILE "  I<$a>\n"; }
+
+	print FILE <<"EOS2";
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+$summary
+
+B<$tablename Attributes:>
+EOS2
+
+foreach my $a (@$colorder) {
+	my $d = $descriptions->{$a};
+	print FILE "\nI<$a> - $d\n";
+}
+
+	print FILE <<"EOS3";
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+This command is part of the xCAT software product.
+EOS3
+
+	close FILE;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/perl-xCAT.spec b/perl-xCAT-2.0/perl-xCAT.spec
index 93a99fb00..70dcd8b0e 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/perl-xCAT.spec
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/perl-xCAT.spec
@@ -23,12 +23,30 @@ Includes xCAT::Table, xCAT::NodeRange, among others.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %build
+# This phase is done in (for RH): /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/perl-xCAT-2.0
+# All of the tarball source has been unpacked there and is in the same file structure
+# as it is in svn.
+
+# Build the pod version of the man pages for each DB table.  It puts them in the man5 subdir.
+./db2man
+
+# Convert pods to man pages, e.g.:  pod2man pods/man5/chain.5.pod share/man/man5/chain.1
+for i in pods/*/*.pod; do
+  man=${i/pods/share\/man}
+  mkdir -p ${man%/*}
+  pod2man $i ${man%.pod}
+done
+
 %install
+# The install phase puts all of the files in the paths they should be in when the rpm is
+# installed on a system.  The RPM_BUILD_ROOT is a simulated root file system and usually
+# has a value like: /var/tmp/perl-xCAT-2.0-snap200802270932-root
 
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/lib/perl/xCAT/data
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/doc/packages/perl-xCAT
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man5
 
 cp -r xCAT/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/lib/perl/xCAT/
 chmod 644 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/lib/perl/xCAT/*
@@ -42,7 +60,12 @@ cp LICENSE.html $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/doc/packages/perl-xCAT
 cp README $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/doc/packages/perl-xCAT
 chmod 644 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/doc/packages/perl-xCAT/*
 
+# These were built dynamically in the build phase
+cp share/man/man5/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man5
+chmod 444 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man5/*
+
 %clean
+# This step does not happen until *after* the %files packaging below
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 #find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f | sed -e "s@$RPM_BUILD_ROOT@/@" > files.list
@@ -50,9 +73,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %files
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 #%doc LICENSE.html
-#%doc README 
-#%doc xCAT2.0.doc 
+#%doc README
+#%doc xCAT2.0.doc
 #%doc xCAT2.0.pdf
+# Just package everything that has been copied into RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{prefix}
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Schema.pm
index 01cbcf431..7fe5de470 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ nodegroup => {
     table_desc => 'Not supported yet!  Contains group definitions, whose membership is dynamic depending on characteristics of the node.',
 	descriptions => {
 		groupname => 'Name of the group.',
-		grouptype => 'dynamic or static??',
-		members => 'Not used.  Will be deleted.  (The membership for static groups is stored in the nodelist table.)',
+		grouptype => 'The only current valid value is dynamic.  We will be looking at having the object def commands working with static group definitions in the nodelist table.',
+		members => 'The value of the attribute is not used, but the attribute is necessary as a place holder for the object def commands.  (The membership for static groups is stored in the nodelist table.)',
 		wherevals => 'A list of comma-separated "attr=val" pairs that can be used to determine the members of a dynamic group.',
     	comments => 'Any user-written notes.',
     	disable => "Set to 'yes' or '1' to comment out this row.",
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ nodehm => {
     table_desc => "Settings that control how each node's hardware is managed.  Typically, an additional table that is specific to the hardware type of the node contains additional info.  E.g. the ipmi, mp, and ppc tables.",
 	descriptions => {
 		node => 'The node name or group name.',
-		power => 'The method to use to control the power of the node. If not set, the mgt attribute will be used.  Valid values: ipmi, blade, hmc, ivm, fsp??.  If "ipmi", xCAT will search for this node in the ipmi table for more info.  If "blade", xCAT will search for this node in the mp table.  If "hmc", "ivm", or "fsp", xCAT will search for this node in the ppc table.',
+		power => 'The method to use to control the power of the node. If not set, the mgt attribute will be used.  Valid values: ipmi, blade, hmc, ivm, fsp.  If "ipmi", xCAT will search for this node in the ipmi table for more info.  If "blade", xCAT will search for this node in the mp table.  If "hmc", "ivm", or "fsp", xCAT will search for this node in the ppc table.',
 		mgt => 'The method to use to do general hardware management of the node.  This attribute is used as the default if poweer, cons, or getmac is not set.  Valid values: ipmi, blade, hmc, ivm, fsp.  See the power attribute for more details.',
 		cons => 'The console method. If not set, the mgt attribute will be used.  Valid values: cyclades, mrv, or the values valid for mgt??',
 		termserver => 'The hostname of the terminal server.',
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ passwd => {
     keys => [qw(key)],
     table_desc => 'Contains default userids and passwords for xCAT to access cluster components.  Userids/passwords for specific cluster components can be overidden in other tables, e.g. mpa, ipmi, ppchcp, etc.',
 	descriptions => {
-		key => 'The type of component this user/pw is for.  Valid values: blade (management module), ipmi (BMC), system (nodes??), omapi (DHCP).',
+		key => 'The type of component this user/pw is for.  Valid values: blade (management module), ipmi (BMC), system (nodes??), omapi (DHCP), hmc, ivm, fsp.',
 		username => 'The default userid for this type of component',
 		password => 'The default password for this type of component',
     	comments => 'Any user-written notes.',
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ ppcdirect => {
     table_desc => 'Info necessary to use FSPs to control system p CECs.',
 	descriptions => {
 		hcp => 'Hostname of the FSP.',
-		username => 'Userid of the FSP.  Default is ??',
-		password => 'Password of the FSP.',
+		username => 'Userid of the FSP.  If not filled in, xCAT will look in the passwd table for key=fsp.  If not in the passwd table, the default used is admin.',
+		password => 'Password of the FSP.  If not filled in, xCAT will look in the passwd table for key=fsp.  If not in the passwd table, the default used is admin.',
     	comments => 'Any user-written notes.',
     	disable => "Set to 'yes' or '1' to comment out this row.",
 	},
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ ppchcp => {
     table_desc => 'Info necessary to use HMCs and IVMs as hardware control points for LPARs.',
 	descriptions => {
 		hcp => 'Hostname of the HMC or IVM.',
-		username => 'Userid of the HMC or IVM.  Default is hscroot for HMCs and padmin for IVMs??',
-		password => 'Password of the HMC or IVM.',
+		username => 'Userid of the HMC or IVM.  If not filled in, xCAT will look in the passwd table for key=hmc or key=ivm.  If not in the passwd table, the default used is hscroot for HMCs and padmin for IVMs.',
+		password => 'Password of the HMC or IVM.  If not filled in, xCAT will look in the passwd table for key=hmc or key=ivm.  If not in the passwd table, the default used is abc123 for HMCs and padmin for IVMs.',
     	comments => 'Any user-written notes.',
     	disable => "Set to 'yes' or '1' to comment out this row.",
 	},
diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec b/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
index f5352638d..e0f4aafa5 100644
--- a/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/xCAT-client.spec
@@ -24,17 +24,21 @@ xCAT-client provides the fundamental xCAT commands (chtab, chnode, rpower, etc)
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %build
-# /bin/pwd
-# /bin/ls
+# This phase is done in (for RH): /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/xCAT-client-2.0
+# All of the tarball source has been unpacked there and is in the same file structure
+# as it is in svn.
+
 # Convert pods to man pages, e.g.:  pod2man pods/man1/tabdump.1.pod share/man/man1/tabdump.1
-echo "Converting pod files to man pages..."
 for i in pods/*/*.pod; do
   man=${i/pods/share\/man}
-  pod2man $i ${man%%.pod}
+  mkdir -p ${man%/*}
+  pod2man $i ${man%.pod}
 done
 
 %install
-
+# The install phase puts all of the files in the paths they should be in when the rpm is
+# installed on a system.  The RPM_BUILD_ROOT is a simulated root file system and usually
+# has a value like: /var/tmp/xCAT-client-2.0-snap200802270932-root
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/bin
@@ -50,6 +54,8 @@ cp bin/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/bin
 chmod 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/bin/*
 cp sbin/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/sbin
 chmod 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/sbin/*
+
+# Most of these were built dynamically in the build phase
 cp share/man/man1/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man1
 chmod 444 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man1/*
 cp share/man/man3/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man3
@@ -58,6 +64,7 @@ cp share/man/man5/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man5
 chmod 444 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man5/*
 # cp share/man/man8/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man8
 # chmod 444 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/man/man8/*
+
 cp LICENSE.html $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/doc/packages/xCAT-client
 cp README $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/doc/packages/xCAT-client
 chmod 644 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/doc/packages/xCAT-client/*
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ chmod 644 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/doc/packages/xCAT-client/*
 #cp usr/share/xcat/scripts/setup-local-client.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/xcat/scripts/setup-local-client.sh
 #chmod 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/xcat/scripts/setup-local-client.sh
 
+# These links get made in the RPM_BUILD_ROOT/prefix area
 ln -sf xcatclient $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/bin/rpower
 ln -sf xcatclient $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/bin/rscan
 ln -sf ../bin/xcatclient $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/sbin/makedhcp
@@ -111,12 +119,14 @@ ln -sf ../bin/xcatDBcmds $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/bin/xcat2nim
 ln -sf ../bin/xdsh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/bin/xdcp
 
 %clean
+# This step does not happen until *after* the %files packaging below
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 #%doc README
 #%doc LICENSE.html
+# Just package everything that has been copied into RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{prefix}
 
 %changelog