hai all, i wanted to use "user contributed" packages. so i did these 3 things: 1.) $ cd /etc/ports 2. $ mv contrib.rsync.inactive contrib.rsync 3.) edited /etc/prt-get.conf and uncommented the line "prtdir /usr/ports/contrib" (i.e. removed the hashmark in the beginning of the line. After that, it looked like this: ### ### prt-get conf ### # note: the order matters: the package found first is used prtdir /usr/ports/core prtdir /usr/ports/opt # the folloing line enables the user maintained contrib collection prtdir /usr/ports/contrib --------------------------------------- then i did "ports -u" & got this ERROR :-( --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- updating file list from crux.nu::crux-contrib @ERROR: Unknow module 'crux-contrib' rsync error: error starting client-server protocal (code 5) at main.c (1296) [reciever] Error: Running rsync failed() Updating failed Updating file list from crux.nu::ports/crux-2.2/core/ Updating collection ports/crux-2.2/core/ Finished successfully Updating file list from crux.nu::ports/crux-2.2/opt/ Updating collection ports/crux-2.2/opt/ Finished successfully --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i also tried: # ports isinst rsync it says: [Config error : can't access /usr/ports/contrib] package rsync is installed what is the trouble? why it is not updating "contrib" packages? i also tried making a directory named "contrib" i.e. "/usr/ports/contrib" even after doing that i get the same error :-( -- arnuld http://arnuld.blogspot.com/