You should get Local.rules.mk and Local.rules.template - if not you've got some CVS problems. Have a look: gromit:/cvs/xemacs-packages:[0]$ cvs status Local.rules.mk =================================================================== File: Local.rules.mk Status: Up-to-date Working revision: 1.2 Repository revision: 1.2 /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-packages/Local.rules.mk,v Sticky Tag: (none) Sticky Date: (none) Sticky Options: (none) gromit:/cvs/xemacs-packages:[0]$ cvs status Local.rules.template =================================================================== File: Local.rules.template Status: Up-to-date Working revision: 1.2 Repository revision: 1.2 /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-packages/Local.rules.template,v Sticky Tag: (none) Sticky Date: (none) Sticky Options: (none) I advise to run cvs update again from the xemacs-packages directory. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj(a)suse.de private aj(a)arthur.inka.de