algent I actually already started down this path as well. I created files.xml and metadata.xml as empty files and tried doing the reinstall, but got "invalid XML" errors. So I looked at the files for another package and started adding tags, but I kept getting "missing tag" errors. I admit I didn't go very deep, but I really wasn't sure whether this was the right course of action.
Is there a standard format for these XML files? If so, is it reasonable for me to just copy them from another package and remove/modify the data?