Hello Steven, All, I have tried to follow the threads on problems with package-get-base for 21.0-b50, 21.2 and the like. I failed. This is what I get get I try to use /ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/beta/xemacs-21.2: -rw-r--r-- 1 6101 6199 39500 Jul 19 08:53 package-get-base.el Malformed property list: (standards-version 1.0 version "1.05" author-version "4.2X" date "1998-07-18" build-date "1998-07-19" maintainer "Kevin Oberman <oberman(a)es.net&gt;&quot; distribution normal priority medium category "wp" dump nil description "DEC EDIT/TPU support." filename "tpu-1.05-pkg.tar.gz" md5sum "ec8dc3e7f57afe9ac4986fea25e1a789" size 57830 provides (tpu) requires type regular), (regular) Checking new news...done Where can I get the correct package-get-base.el for 21.0-b50? Thanks, Adrian -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com