Michael> Martin writes: Michael> Thanks, Martin. This would solve the problem with Michael> CVS/Root overriding. Now if I only could figure out how Michael> to make the packages build... Could sticky tags cause you the trouble? Have you considered updating like so? cd xemacs-packages cvs update -P -d -A . -A Reset any sticky tags/date/kopts. -P Prune empty directories. -d Build directories, like checkout does. Adrian Michael> --michael -- Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org&gt;, http://www.xemacs.org