-current ports tree on a -stable or -release system. we rewrote patch, we added a -z flag. (FWIW you can use the old ports bsd.port.mk file on a -current tree, but some of the newer options are missing.) easiest to pick one (current, stable) and stick with it entirely. ___________________________ jose nazario, ph.d. jose@monkey.org http://monkey.org/~jose/