|--==> "AD" == Adam Duck <duck(a)informatik.uni-frankfurt.de&gt; writes: AD> Hi all (esp. Steve?)! AD> I just tried to install some packages - i.e. all that are new to me - AD> from prereleases and got "Unable to find file [...]" for all this AD> packages: AD> 36:* fsf-compat 1.10 1.09 FSF Emacs compatibility files. AD> 51:* mail-lib 1.43 1.42 Fundamental lisp files for providing email support. AD> 63:* pcl-cvs 1.58 1.57 CVS frontend. AD> 75:* skk 1.21 1.20 MULE: Japanese Language Input Method. AD> and also for the sieve package - which I hadn't anyway. AD> So, what's the error saying? Does that mean it didn't find it remotely AD> or does pkg-install think these packages are here on my machine but AD> weren't transferred due to some error? This is because even though these packages are new to your system, they aren't actually in pre-release. You can pick up these packages from the "normal" download sites. I need to re-think the "roll->pre-release->final-release" procedure. The current system has some holes.[1] Footnotes: [1] If anyone would like to give me a hand with this, please let me know. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|