Given that the ftape code is now in the kernel, I think we can remove the ftape-2.03 package --- it wouldn't compile anyway. I had filed bug report #2276 for that which was safely ignored by the maintainer who seems to have let us quietly. -- Dirk Eddelbuettel edd@qed.econ.queensu.ca and until April 9th at edd@ehess.cnrs-mrs.fr