Solaris package patch creation

I am looking for documentation or procedure regarding Solaris package patch creation.
I have created Solaris packages for an ISV application. Now I'd like to create a Solaris
patch to replace one of those package's binaries - where if the patch is backed out, the
previous binary is restored.
I have read the Sun Application Packaging Developer's Guide (both 1994 and current),
and the subsection on Patching Packages does not contain sufficient information to
accomplish my goal. I have searched the Net for information, and found other's
questions and few answers.
Can anyone produce the procedure for Solaris package patch creation?
Thank you.

Here is why no info is available. Sun advises:
"We cannot make patch building utility publicly available irrespective of the customer having support contract. We suggest you to provide an updated package instead of patches to your customer and tell them to remove the old version and add the new version of the package."

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