I checked out the xemacs-packages tree from CVS then changed into the xemacs-packages directory and did a cvs update, the update aborts as shown below. Same operations yielded expected results on xemacs-21.1 and xemacs-21.2 trees. ~/.cvsrc contains: diff -u checkout -P update -Pd per cvs.xemacs.org, but the same thing happened prior to putting this in place (I thought it might be my problem). What am I missing/doing wrong? Also; -zN options seem to be broken for me (csh on Sun Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.6, gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)). Is this a known problem? Thanks, Jim Horning bit:/bit/byte/word/tools/xemacs/src % ls ./ ../ xemacs-21.1/ xemacs-21.2/ bit:/bit/byte/word/tools/xemacs/src % cvs -d :pserver:xemacs＠cvs.xemacs.org:/usr/CVSroot checkout xemacs-packages U xemacs-packages/ChangeLog U xemacs-packages/package-compile.el ... Lots of update messages omitted ... U xemacs-packages/wp/viper/viper.el U xemacs-packages/wp/viper/viper.texi cvs server: Updating xemacs-packages/wp/viper/etc U xemacs-packages/wp/viper/etc/viperCard.tex bit:/bit/byte/word/tools/xemacs/src % ls ./ ../ xemacs-21.1/ xemacs-21.2/ xemacs-packages/ bit:/bit/byte/word/tools/xemacs/src % cd xemacs-packages bit:/bit/byte/word/tools/xemacs/src/xemacs-packages % cvs up ? games/Makefile ? os/Makefile cvs server: Updating . U Local.rules.mk U Local.rules.template cvs server: Updating CVSROOT U CVSROOT/checkoutlist U CVSROOT/commitinfo U CVSROOT/cvswrappers U CVSROOT/editinfo U CVSROOT/loginfo U CVSROOT/modules U CVSROOT/notify U CVSROOT/rcsinfo U CVSROOT/taginfo cvs server: Updating comm RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-packages/comm/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.10 Merging differences between 1.4 and 1.10 into Makefile cvs server: Updating comm/bbdb cvs server: Updating comm/bbdb/lisp cvs server: Updating comm/bbdb/misc cvs server: Updating comm/bbdb/tex cvs server: Updating comm/bbdb/texinfo cvs server: Updating comm/bbdb/utils cvs server: Updating comm/eudc cvs server: Updating comm/footnote cvs server: Updating comm/gnats cvs server: Updating comm/gnats/etc cvs server: Updating comm/gnats/lib-src cvs server: Updating comm/gnats/texi cvs server: Updating comm/gnus cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/etc cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/etc/gnus cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/etc/gnusrefcard cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/etc/message cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/etc/smilies cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/etc/sounds cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/gnus U comm/gnus/gnus/.new.configure cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/gnus/etc cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/gnus/lisp cvs server: Updating comm/gnus/gnus/texi cvs server: Updating comm/mailcrypt cvs server: Updating comm/mew cvs server: Updating comm/mew/mew cvs server: Updating comm/mew/mew/OS2 cvs server: Updating comm/mew/mew/Win32 cvs server: Updating comm/mew/mew/bin cvs server: Updating comm/mew/mew/contrib cvs server: Updating comm/mew/mew/etc cvs server: Updating comm/mew/mew/etc/etc cvs server: Updating comm/mew/mew/info cvs server: Updating comm/mh-e cvs server: Updating comm/net-utils cvs server: Updating comm/ph cvs server: Updating comm/rmail cvs server: Updating comm/rmail/etc cvs server: Updating comm/supercite cvs server: Updating comm/tm cvs server: Updating comm/tm/lib-src cvs server: Updating comm/tm/texi cvs server: Updating comm/vm cvs server: Updating comm/vm/etc cvs server: Updating comm/w3 cvs server: Updating comm/w3/contrib cvs server: Updating comm/w3/etc cvs server: Updating comm/w3/images cvs server: Updating comm/w3/lisp cvs server: Updating comm/w3/texi cvs server: Updating comm/zenirc cvs server: Updating comm/zenirc/doc cvs server: Updating comm/zenirc/src cvs server: Updating games cvs server: warning: games/.cvsignore is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/ChangeLog is not (any longer) pertinent U games/Makefile cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-18.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-8ball.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-away.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-bork.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-color.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-command-queue.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-complete.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-ctcp-flood.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-dcc.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-doto.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-eval.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-example.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-fill.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-finnish.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-format.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-fortran.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-french.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-history.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-ignore.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-iwantop.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-klingon.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-latin.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-make.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-meditate.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-netsplit.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-notify.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-oink.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-ojnk.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-pjg.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-popup.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-prime-p.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-random-away.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-random-nick.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-signal.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-stamp.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-swedish.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-trigger.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-yow-filter.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc-yow.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: games/zenirc.el is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: Updating games/cookie cvs server: Updating games/games cvs server: Updating games/mine cvs server: Updating games/mine/etc cvs server: Updating games/misc-games cvs server: Updating libs cvs server: warning: libs/.cvsignore is not (any longer) pertinent cvs server: warning: libs/ChangeLog is not (any longer) pertinent cvs [server aborted]: could not find desired version 1.10 in /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-packages/libs/Makefile,v comm/Makefile already contains the differences between 1.4 and 1.10