>>>> "Jan" == Jan Vroonhof
<vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes: 
> I will devise a patch for package-get.el and package-info.el to
use
> insert-file-contents-literally if nobody objects. 
    Jan> Perfect. However it needs my patch to
    Jan> insert-file-contents-literally to actually work (currently
    Jan> i-f-c-l does not set the coding system!)
Hello Jan,
is this a patch you have already submitted or commited?
I haven't found it in xemacs-patches.
Adrian
    Jan> Jan
    Jan> P.S. If all goes well I can actually apply patches from thursday or
    Jan> so. I am in the middle of moving.
Thanks for the info.  I had forgotten you're in the middle of moving.
Hope all goes well.