BAW> Seems like this does what I want, but it also seems to load several BAW> packages more than once (like vm and mail-lib), or am I hallucinating? Oh yes, I haven't tracked that one down. E.g. xemacs-base is down-loaded again for almost every package (since it's a required package for most others). Probably the code which is supposed to keep track of already-installed packages is not working right. 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