Hello Steve, ilisp installation with package-get-remote of (("ftp.xemacs.org" "xemacs/beta/experimental/packages/")) just failed with this output: ./pkginfo/MANIFEST.ilisp ./lisp/ilisp/COPYING ./lisp/ilisp/ChangeLog ./lisp/ilisp/GETTING-ILISP ./lisp/ilisp/HISTORY ./lisp/ilisp/INSTALLATION ./lisp/ilisp/Makefile ./lisp/ilisp/README ./lisp/ilisp/Welcome ./lisp/ilisp/_pkg.el ./lisp/ilisp/allegro.lisp ./lisp/ilisp/auto-autoloads.el ./lisp/ilisp/auto-autoloads.elc ./lisp/ilisp/bridge.el ./lisp/ilisp/bridge.elc ./lisp/ilisp/cl-chs-init.lisp ./lisp/ilisp/cl-ilisp.lisp ./lisp/ilisp/cmulisp.lisp ./lisp/ilisp/comint-ipc.el ./lisp/ilisp/comint-ipc.elc ./lisp/ilisp/comint-v18.el ./lisp/ilisp/completer.el ./lisp/ilisp/completer.elc ./lisp/ilisp/custom-ilisp.el ./lisp/ilisp/custom-ilisp.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilcompat.el ./lisp/ilisp/ild.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilfsf18.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilfsf19.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilfsf20.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-acl.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-acl.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-aut.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-aut.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-bat.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-bug.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-chs.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-chs.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cl-easy-menu.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cl.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cl.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cmp.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cmp.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cmt.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cmt.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cmu.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-cmu.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-def.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-def.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-dia.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-dia.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-doc.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-doc.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-ext.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-ext.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-hi.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-hi.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-hlw.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-hlw.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-hnd.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-hnd.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-imenu.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-ind.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-ind.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-inp.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-inp.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-kcl.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-kcl.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-key.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-key.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-kil.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-kil.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-low.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-low.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-luc.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-luc.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-mak.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-menu.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-mnb.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-mnb.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-mod.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-mod.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-mov.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-mov.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-out.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-out.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-pkg.lisp ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-prc.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-prc.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-prn.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-prn.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-rng.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-rng.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-s2c.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-sbcl.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-sbcl.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-sch.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-sch.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-scheme-easy-menu.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-snd.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-snd.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-src.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-sym.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-sym.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-utl.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-utl.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-val.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-val.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-xfr.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-xfr.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-xls.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp-xls.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp.elc ./lisp/ilisp/ilisp.emacs ./lisp/ilisp/illuc19.el ./lisp/ilisp/ilxemacs.el ./lisp/ilisp/lispworks.lisp ./lisp/ilisp/lucid.lisp ./lisp/ilisp/sblisp.lisp ./lisp/ilisp/extra//README ./lisp/ilisp/extra//hyperspec-barlow.el ./lisp/ilisp/extra//hyperspec-carney.el ./lisp/ilisp/extra//hyperspec-naggum.el ./lisp/ilisp/extra//hyperspec.el ./;ELC Error: unknown type flag 2. Exiting. Error: incorrect magic number in tar header. Exiting Error: unknown type flag ;. Exiting. Error: cannot create file ./;ELC. Exiting. This with (emacs-version) "XEmacs 21.1 (patch 13) \"Crater Lake\" [Lucid] (i386-pc-win32) of Thu Jan 11 2001 on ANDYP" Adrian -- Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org&gt;