Hi, I think that minimizing broken states for non-essential packages is a laudable goal, but correctly handling Essentials should take precedence. manoj -- OS/2 must die! Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E