I was happily anacondaing away, editing my comps file and reinstalling on my test machine and then I got the above error. I happen to have a recent archive of this list so it only took a couple of seconds to grep it and find it's never been reported before. No idea of what the means, can't even find where it's issue. Here's the stack trace: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 633, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 383, in run File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 244, in currentStep File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 144, in gotoNext File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 209, in moveStep File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 106, in readPackages File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/installmethod.py", line 26, in readComps File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/urlinstall.py", line 39, in readCompsViaMethod File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 796, in __init__ File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 526, in readCompsFile ValueError: unpack list of wrong size Local variables in innermost frame: filename: http://cc.computerdatasafe.com.au/RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/base/comps expression: None trash: hidden: 0 connected: 1 I've got the whole dump, if anyone wants it I can put it on my webserver. Looks pretty useless to me;-) It's got everything you could want to know amount the machine, but no clue as to what in the comps file it finds objectionable. -- Cheers John. Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb