> If pkg 1 were fully updated I would _like_ it to check pkg2 and pkg3 > and update them if required. Is their some technical reason for not doing > it this way?? Since I run a local repository for stuff I push to the > machines I do not normally do installs/updates that way but since you > asked....... :-) I thought it would surprise users to have a process complete successfully when one of the packages is not installed or updated. in 1.95 the function which does update entries has an option that can be passed to it that makes it warn but not exit on a pkg being updated/installed and being requested. It _could_ become an option but I don't think it would become a default. -sv