Rodney> I posted on comp.emacs.xemacs to see if there was any interest in using Rodney> wget to download packages as well as efs (for those with ftp port blocked). Rodney> I got some feedback saying to write an http proxy bases ftp client, but Rodney> that is a _lot_ more work than this. So, I wrote some code to use wget Rodney> with the package installation system. Rodney> The major addition I made was a new func called package-file-exists-p. Rodney> This uses wget to download the file and, if successful, returns t. If Rodney> wget fails to download the file, it returns nil. If wget downloading Rodney> isn't requested (via new variable `package-use-wget'), it calls Rodney> file-exists-p. So, this *should not* break existing code. Rodney> This code needs some spit and polish, but I am submitting it now to see Rodney> if there is any interest in including it in the distribution. If not, Rodney> I'll just leave it as is and use it for myself. If there is interest, Rodney> I'll add all the customize features, make sure it works with menus, etc... There is ... Rodney> I'm also cc'ing comp.emacs.xemacs so that those who need it can use it Rodney> and submit changes. I just tested it under the environemnt below and it *works*. System: WinNT 4.0/SP3 - 160 MB Ram Cygwin B20.1 with egcs-2.91.66 - cygwin1.dll - cygwin1-19990929.dll.gz - everything mounted binary, - CYGWIN = tty title binmode ntea nontsec Software: Xemacs-21.1 (XEmacs 21.1 "20 Minutes to Nikko" [Lucid] (i586-pc-cygwin32)) - http://www.xemacs.org/ I would definitely vote for inclusion of your patch as I'm living behind a firewall and can only use http. Ciao Volker