recipe for android emulator running Maps and Market

trying to get a working android emulator with Google Maps and Market.

some guides that didn't get us a working Market (Vending.apk):
http://anythingsimple.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-use-android-market-on-android.html
http://techdroid.kbeanie.com/2009/11/android-market-on-emulator.html  (LOTS of comments)
best comment: http://techdroid.kbeanie.com/2009/11/android-market-on-emulator.html?showComment=1301959932119#c4444648731124403327

google apps on emulator: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5340-android-emulator/

porting google apps/sync -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5045511&postcount=33
clued us in on the framework/lib stuff needed copying

first good guide:  http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market
also clued us in on what we needed to do.

resources to grab:
cyanogenmod 4 DRC83 google apps:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version
-> http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/cm4/DRC83_base_defanged.zip

basic recipe:

1. create an AVM (SDK version 4 - android 1.6 works with the DRC83 image below)
2. copy the default system.img from the android-sdk-mac_x86/platforms/android-X/images/ directory to the AVM (on a mac it's in $USER/.android/avd/YOUR_AVM_NAME_HERE/
3. Launch the AVM (using the android AVD manager will hang you up with a full system partition)
   ~/src/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools/emulator -avd fun -partition-size 128
(wait for it to boot)
4. adb remount (remounts the /system volume read/write)
5. adb pull system/build.prop
6. comment out the line: #ro.config.nocheckin=yes in build.prop
7. push it back: adb push build.prop system/build.prop
8. copy missing files in DRC83 tree :

to copy all files missing in the emulator from the DRC83_base_defanged.zip tree:

mkdir DRC83 ; cd DRC83 ; unzip ../DRC83_base_defanged.zip


for i in $(find system) ; do \
adb shell ls $i | grep "No such file" && \
  echo adb push $i $(dirname $i) && \
       adb push $i $(dirname $i) ;
done

file permissions are not synced when doing this.
i do not claim this to be correct, but I couldn't get 'adb sync' to work

Things working:

Maps, Market

Things not working:
Gmail/Calendar/Contact sync