package system is too fragile

The current package delete is great but too optimistic in its operation. I often end up having the delete fail so that the install doesn't work, but the delete has worked enough so that I don't have the package adn so I am left with a subfucntional XEmacs. Package delete whould try and do all its housekeeping *before* actually nuking the package. andy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " .sigs are like your face - rarely seen by you and uglier than you think" Dr Andy Piper, Technical Architect, Parallax Solutions Ltd mail: andyp(a)parallax.co.uk web: www.parallax.co.uk/~andyp