Les> while trying to use the view status function of pcl-cvs, i got this Les> error (below). it looks like pcl-cvs requires mule, even though its Les> not listed as a depends. i have all the "required" packages. Les> is this the culprit (cvs-status.el)????: Hi Les, in pcl-cvs-version "v2_9_9" running under (emacs-version) "XEmacs 21.1 (patch 11) \"Carlsbad Caverns\" [Lucid] (i386-pc-win32) of Fri Jul 28 2000 on ZJ75T" M-s runs the command cvs-status works fine for me s runs the command cvs-mode-status gives me this Backtrace: Signaling: (file-error "Cannot open load file: %s" "mule") apply(debug error (file-error "Cannot open load file: %s" "mule")) edebug(error (file-error "Cannot open load file: %s" "mule")) signal(file-error ("Cannot open load file: %s" "mule")) require(mule) load-internal("c:\\XEmacs\\xemacs-packages\\lisp\\pcl-cvs\\cvs-status.elc" nil t t binary) efs-real-load("c:\\XEmacs\\xemacs-packages\\lisp\\pcl-cvs\\cvs-status.elc" nil t t) load("c:\\XEmacs\\xemacs-packages\\lisp\\pcl-cvs\\cvs-status.elc" nil t t) apply(load ("c:\\XEmacs\\xemacs-packages\\lisp\\pcl-cvs\\cvs-status.elc" nil t t)) dired-handler-fn(load "c:\\XEmacs\\xemacs-packages\\lisp\\pcl-cvs\\cvs-status.elc" nil t t) efs-real-load("c:\\XEmacs\\xemacs-packages\\lisp\\pcl-cvs\\cvs-status.elc" nil t t) load("cvs-status" nil nil nil) cvs-status-mode() cvs-temp-buffer("status") cvs-mode-do("status" nil nil :dont-change-disc t :show t :postproc nil) #<compiled-function nil "...(19)" [cvs-mode-do "status" flags nil :dont-change-disc t :show :postproc cvs-auto-remove-handled status (...)] 11>() #<compiled-function nil "...(15)" [commandp -cvs-mode!-fun call-interactively] 2>() cvs-mode!(#<compiled-function nil "...(19)" [cvs-mode-do "status" flags nil :dont-change-disc t :show :postproc cvs-auto-remove-handled status (...)] 11>) #<compiled-function (flags) "...(4)" [cvs-mode! #<compiled-function nil "...(19)" ... 11>] 2 ("c:\\XEmacs\\xemacs-packages\\lisp\\pcl-cvs\\pcl-cvs.elc" . 49672) (list (cvs-flags-query ... "cvs status flags"))>(nil) call-interactively(cvs-mode-status) Best regards, Adrian Les> ;; chars sets. Ripped from cvstree Les> (defvar cvstree-dstr-2byte-ready Les> (when (featurep 'mule) Les> (if (boundp 'current-language-environment) Les> does this mean i need all of mule? i dont see mule.el even in Les> mule-base. Les> les schaffer Les> Signaling: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "mule") Les> load-internal("mule" nil t nil nil nil) Les> load("mule" nil t nil) Les> require(mule) Les> load-internal("cvs-status" nil nil nil nil nil) Les> load("cvs-status" nil nil nil) Les> apply(load ("cvs-status" nil nil nil)) Les> dired-handler-fn(load "cvs-status" nil nil nil) Les> load-internal("cvs-status" nil nil nil nil nil) Les> load("cvs-status" nil nil nil) Les> cvs-status-mode() Les> cvs-temp-buffer("status") Les> cvs-mode-do("status" ("-v") nil :dont-change-disc t :show t :postproc nil) Les> #<compiled-function nil "...(19)" [cvs-mode-do "status" flags nil :dont-change-disc t :show :postproc cvs-auto-remove-handled status (...)] 11>() Les> #<compiled-function nil "...(15)" [commandp -cvs-mode!-fun call-interactively] 2>() Les> cvs-mode!(#<compiled-function nil "...(19)" [cvs-mode-do "status" flags nil :dont-change-disc t :show :postproc cvs-auto-remove-handled status (...)] 11>) Les> #<compiled-function (flags) "...(4)" [cvs-mode! #<compiled-function nil "...(19)" ... 11>] 2 ("/usr/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/pcl-cvs/pcl-cvs.elc" . 49672) (list (cvs-flags-query ... "cvs status flags"))>(("-v")) Les> call-interactively(cvs-mode-status) Les> ================== Les> ;;;＠＠＠ Les> (package-get-update-base-entry (quote Les> (pcl-cvs Les> (standards-version 1.1 Les> version "1.47" Les> author-version "R-2_9_9" Les> date "2000-05-07" Les> build-date "2000-07-10" Les> maintainer "XEmacs Development Team <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt;&quot; Les> distribution xemacs Les> priority low Les> category "prog" Les> dump nil Les> description "CVS frontend." Les> filename "pcl-cvs-1.47-pkg.tar.gz" Les> md5sum "5b998b880b04935a415fffeb1991d64e" Les> size 159934 Les> provides (pcl-cvs generic-sc) Les> requires (xemacs-base elib vc dired edebug edit-utils) Les> type regular Les> ===== Les> Result for query 'pcl-cvs mule' Les> Summary for query "pcl-cvs mule": Les> Found 0 matches in 0 files.