This is on an up to date 7.2 system not running any cooker software.... -------------------------- [root@crazy-horse devel]# perl mkcd.pl /local/downloads/mandrake/devel/cooker/ /mnt/win_d /local/downloads/mandrake/devel/cooker//misc/rpm2header: error in loading shared libraries: librpmio.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory bad rpm /local/downloads/mandrake/devel/cooker//Mandrake/RPMS/AVLTree-devel-0.1.0-11mdk.i586.rpm [root@crazy-horse devel]# --------------------------- What would it need the rpm-tools file for? That's a lib from RPM 4 and well rpm4 isn't part of the 7.2 distribution as far as I know... =) If I'm missing something please let me know. Tim McKenzie -- No small art is it to sleep: it is necessary for that purpose to keep awake all day. -- Nietzsche