Hi, I added a feature to texmfstart to make itself independent of libraries, which means, no dependency on 'base', so who had problems with that ... i need a volunteer Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------