Hello, I run into trouble with special chars from german charset ("Umlaute") when compiling with jikes-1.12-1mdk. rpm -qpi: ========= Name : jikes Relocations: /usr /usr Version : 1.12 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Wed 09 Aug 2000 06:50:45 PM CEST Install date: (not installed) Build Host: kenobi.mandrakesoft.com Group : Development/Java Source RPM: jikes-1.12-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 3348373 License: IBM Public License, http://ibm.com/developerworks/opensource Packager : Maurizio De Cecco ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) URL : http://ibm.com/developerworks/opensource Summary : java source to bytecode compiler Excerpt of a log: ================= Found 3 semantic errors compiling "BasisEpgScreen.java": 81. buttonBar.setDefault( "ausw\u00/$hlen" ); <---------> *** Error: The value of this "String" literal is invalid. Perhaps it contains a bad escape sequence? Then I made a "rpm -e jikes;rpm -i jikes-1.11-3mdk.i586.rpm" and got it compiled with no errors. Any suggestions? regards, Frank