my $file = $output ? $output : "$conf.ini";
        open C,">$file" or die "$file: $!\n";
 
-       my $buildroot = $topbuild{"$subsys.$module"} ? '' : "build.root = build\n";
+       my $buildroot = $topbuild{"$subsys.$module"} ? '' : "build.root = build";
 
        my $confdir = $topbuild{"$subsys.$module"} ? '..' : '../..';
 
+       my $package_description = "";
+       my $package_summary = "";
+
+       if (-e "org.glite.$subsys.$module/project/package.description") {
+               open V, "org.glite.$subsys.$module/project/package.description";
+               $package_description = join ("", <V>);
+               close V;
+               chomp $package_description;
+               $package_description =~ s/\n/\\n/g; 
+               $package_description = "package.description = $package_description";
+       } 
+       else { 
+               print STDERR "package.description not found for $subsys.$module!\n"; }
+
+       if (-e "org.glite.$subsys.$module/project/package.summary") {
+               open V, "org.glite.$subsys.$module/project/package.summary";
+               $package_summary = join ("", <V>);
+               close V;
+               chomp $package_summary;
+               $package_summary =~ s/\n/\\n/g; 
+               $package_summary = "package.summary = $package_summary";
+       } 
+       else { 
+               print STDERR "package.summary not found for $subsys.$module!\n"; }
+
+
        print STDERR "Writing $file\n";
        print C qq{
 [Configuration-$conf]
 
 [Platform-default:Property]
 $buildroot
+$package_description
+$package_summary
 
 [Platform-default:DynamicDependency]