Simon> I installed XEmacs using the net-installer (nice!) on Windows 2000 but Simon> didn't select all packages, so later I wanted to download one I Simon> forgot... But when I select anything in the Tools->Package menu I get: Simon> Signaling: (void-variable allow-remote-paths) Simon> file-remote-p("package-index.LATEST.pgp") Simon> package-get-remote-filename(("ftp.xemacs.org" "pub/xemacs/packages") "package-index.LATEST.pgp") Simon> package-get-locate-file("package-index.LATEST.pgp" t nil) Simon> package-get-locate-index-file(nil) Simon> (let ((dflt ...)) (list (read-file-name "Load package-get database: " ... dflt t ...))) Simon> call-interactively(package-get-update-base) Simon> Trying to locate `file-remote-p' (to possibly debug it) I did C-h f Simon> and got: Simon> `file-remote-p' is a compiled Lisp function Simon> -- loaded from "i:\build\xemacs\xemacs\lisp\files.elc" Simon> (file-remote-p FILE-NAME) Simon> Documentation: Simon> Test whether FILE-NAME is looked for on a remote system. Simon> I don't have I:... shouldn't it pickup where the runtime files are? That's not the problem: You need `allow-remote-paths' which got moved out the core at some point, I don't know why. It's on my list of things to get into and fix. Make sure you have the EFS package installed, which is where it lives currently. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla