>>>>> "David" == David Walter <dwalter(a)syr.edu&gt; writes: David> In the changelog I find a reference to: David> hack-package-index.el (batch-hack-package-index) David> and in XEmacs.rules in the packages directory I find a reference to David> these as well. David> I don't find the file after checking out the sources though. Exactly the same thing happened to me. I then did a cvs update, and voila, more files - including the critical missing one. So, it seems CVS is not entirely reliable?