LZ> I have just recently subscribed to this mailing list after having LZ> tried to download the current CVS tree for XEmacs. After a proper CVS LZ> login, I issued the following command: LZ> cvs -z3 -d :pserver:xemacs＠cvs.xemacs.org:/usr/CVSroot checkout XEmacs There is no CVS module named 'XEmacs'. All the XEmacs-related modules happen to be in a directory named 'XEmacs', so your command worked accidentally. To get the latest xemacs-21.2 from CVS, do: cvs -z3 -d :pserver:xemacs＠cvs.xemacs.org:/usr/CVSroot checkout -d xemacs-21.2 -r release-21-2 xemacs The 21.1 sources are available thus: cvs -z3 -d :pserver:xemacs＠cvs.xemacs.org:/usr/CVSroot checkout -d xemacs-21.1 xemacs The xemacs-packages are available thus (untested): cvs -z3 -d :pserver:xemacs＠cvs.xemacs.org:/usr/CVSroot checkout xemacs-packages All of these are available pre-built as tarballs on the ftp site. LZ> protocol error: directory '/usr/CVSrooy/XEmacs/xemacs-19/lisp/custom' LZ> not within root '/usr/CVSroot' LZ> It appears as if someone typed a "y" instead of "t" in "CVSroot" LZ> somewhere within the CVS tree. I can't find a `CVSrooy' anywhere in the master repository. A random bit got flipped somewhere? Martin