from the secret journal of Moshe Zadka (moshez@math.huji.ac.il): > Then why isn't kernel-package Required, and why doesn't libc have Depends: > on it? > (And libc does depend on the kernel to provide system calls). have you actually used this package yet? from your comments, i don't think you understand what it does. -- Jacob Kuntz underworld.net/~jake jpk@cape.com