Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org: David> In the changelog I find a reference to: David> hack-package-index.el (batch-hack-package-index) David> and in XEmacs.rules in the packages directory I find a reference to David> these as well. David> I don't find the file after checking out the sources though. No. It sounds utterly predictable as I've been through the same sequence. The hack-package-index.el file doesn't appear to have been added correctly to the repository, ie. it hasn't been added to the module that XEmacs.rules, the top-level Makefile, etc. are part of.