http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/51/x86_64/SL/ has emacs-21.4-18.1.el5.x86_64.rpm but http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/51/i386/SL/ has emacs-21.4-20.el5.i386.rpm ... so x86_64 has an earlier emacs than i386 http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/51/SRPMS/vendor/ has emacs-21.4-18.1.el5.src.rpm Should I be looking for emacs-21.4-20.el5.{src,x86_64}.rpm somewhere else ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [log in to unmask] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna