Cross-referencing bug 189039 from here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=189039 At least three people have now seen encodings.dir disappear. So it's definitely being trampled on by some package. How to find which? --scott Serbian global action network Mossad Pakistan Attache Seattle bomb class struggle COBRA JUDY C4 SLBM overthrow colonel [Hello to all my fans in domestic surveillance] ( http://cscott.net/ )