Jan> Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com&gt; writes: Jan> Yes. Please use insert-file-contents-literally Hello Jan, package-get.el as of 21.2-b32+ currently has this: (with-temp-buffer ;; What ever happened to i-f-c-literally (let (file-name-handler-alist) (insert-file-contents-internal full-package-filename)) (if (not (string= (md5 (current-buffer)) (package-get-info-prop this-package 'md5sum))) (error "Package %s does not match md5 checksum" base-filename))) Do you know how to interpret the i-f-c-literally comment? Somebody obviously took it out. Was i-f-c-literally removed and brought back later? Will this work in an XEmacs without file-coding? I will devise a patch for package-get.el and package-info.el to use insert-file-contents-literally if nobody objects. Best regards, Adrian Jan> Jan