diff --git a/handlers/binary-metafile-builder b/handlers/binary-metafile-builder
index 231ee537c..4c04f3988 100644
--- a/handlers/binary-metafile-builder
+++ b/handlers/binary-metafile-builder
@@ -25,26 +25,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import string
 import entropyTools
-
-# variables
-# should we import these into make.conf ?
-pTree = "/var/lib/entropy/packages"
-pTmpDir = pTree+"/tmp"
-# dictionary info
-pData = {
-    'name': "",
-    'version': "",
-    'description': "",
-    'category': "",
-    'arch': "",
-    'chost': "",
-    'homepage': "",
-    'useflags': "",
-    'license': "",
-    'uri': "",
-    'dependencies': "",
-    'conflicts': "",
-}
+from entropyVariables import *
 
 # System functions
 
@@ -114,10 +95,7 @@ if (not validFile):
 
 print_info(".tbz2 file found: "+tbz2File)
 
-# xpak files support
-import xpak
-
-# Extract .xpak file from .tbz2
-tbz2 = xpak.tbz2(tbz2File)
-print entropyTools.extractPkgData(tbz2File)
+# fill all the info
+pData = entropyTools.extractPkgData(tbz2File)
 #os.mkdir(pTmpDir+"/")
+print pData
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diff --git a/handlers/entropyTools.py b/handlers/entropyTools.py
index 1f77aa660..2e5d73f14 100644
--- a/handlers/entropyTools.py
+++ b/handlers/entropyTools.py
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
 # DESCRIPTION:
 # generic tools for all the handlers applications
 
+from entropyVariables import *
+
+# This function extracts all the info from a .tbz2 file and returns them
 def extractPkgData(package):
+
+    tbz2File = package
+
     package = package.split(".tbz2")
     package = package[0].split("-")
     pkgname = ""
@@ -21,4 +27,30 @@ def extractPkgData(package):
 	else:
 	    pkgname += package[i]+"-"
     pkgname = pkgname.split("/")[len(pkgname.split("/"))-1]
-    return pkgname, pkgver
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+    
+    # Fill Package name and version
+    pData['name'] = pkgname
+    pData['version'] = pkgver
+
+    import xpak
+    tbz2 = xpak.tbz2(tbz2File)
+    tbz2TmpDir = pTmpDir+"/"+pData['name']+"-"+pData['version']
+    tbz2.decompose(tbz2TmpDir)
+
+    # Fill description
+    f = open(tbz2TmpDir+"/"+dbDESCRIPTION,"r")
+    pData['description'] = f.readline().strip()
+    f.close()
+
+    # Fill homepage
+    f = open(tbz2TmpDir+"/"+dbHOMEPAGE,"r")
+    pData['homepage'] = f.readline().strip()
+    f.close()
+
+    # Fill chost
+    f = open(tbz2TmpDir+"/"+dbCHOST,"r")
+    pData['chost'] = f.readline().strip()
+    f.close()
+
+    # return all the collected info
+    return pData
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diff --git a/handlers/entropyVariables.py b/handlers/entropyVariables.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aed2000b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/entropyVariables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright Fabio Erculiani - Sabayon Linux 2007
+
+# DESCRIPTION:
+# Variables container
+
+# Specifications of the content of .etp file go here
+pData = {
+    'name': "",
+    'version': "",
+    'description': "",
+    'category': "",
+    'arch': "",
+    'chost': "",
+    'homepage': "",
+    'useflags': "",
+    'license': "",
+    'download': "", # get this info from make.conf
+    'dependencies': "",
+    'conflicts': "",
+}
+
+# variables
+# should we import these into make.conf ?
+pTree = "/var/lib/entropy/packages"
+pTmpDir = pTree+"/tmp"
+# fetch PORTAGE_BINHOST
+f = open("/etc/make.conf","r")
+makeConf = f.readlines()
+pBinHost = ""
+for line in makeConf:
+    line = line.strip()
+    if line.startswith("PORTAGE_BINHOST"):
+	pBinHost = line.split('"')[1]
+	break
+if (pBinHost == ""):
+    # force PORTAGE_BINHOST to our defaults
+    pBinHost = "http://www.sabayonlinux.org/binhost/All/"
+if not pBinHost.endswith("/"):
+    pBinHost += "/"
+
+# Portage /var/db/<pkgcat>/<pkgname-pkgver>/*
+# you never know if gentoo devs change these things
+dbDESCRIPTION = "DESCRIPTION"
+dbHOMEPAGE = "HOMEPAGE"
+dbCHOST = "CHOST"