Hi, I guess this is the long-known problem filenames in the PSGML packages which are illegal under Windows NT (dots in filenames). Adrian cd c:/export/home/tmp/CVSroot/ cvs -d :pserver:xemacs＠cvs.xemacs.org:/usr/CVSroot checkout xemacs-packages Compilation started at Sun Jun 28 01:29:53 1998 U xemacs-packages/ChangeLog <lines deleted by Adrian> U xemacs-packages/oa/psgml/etc/webtechs.catalog cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot make directory xemacs-packages/oa/psgml/etc/ISO_8879:1986: Invalid argument Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Sun Jun 28 02:46:49 -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com