I just spotted (while checking something else) that none of our x86_64 sl5 boxes have a openssl097a.i386 package so can't run some i386 code which needs those old compatability libs. I thought it was my error but checking the repos there doesn't seem to be a i386 package in the x86_64 tree for this (in the 5[0-2] repos). Just installing the one from the i386 tree appears to work fine (no obvious problematic clashes etc), and lets things linked against libssl.so.4 run - well I only did a trivial test. Was this a deliberate choice or were there problems caused by having it present? I don't really mind; I'm trying quite hard to reduce the number of 'compat' packages we install (FX: sounds of knashing teeth from my users) -- Jon Peatfield, Computer Officer, DAMTP, University of Cambridge Mail: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/