I just got bit by this too. I agree the behavior is unexpected. Perhaps, pending changing the behavior, it could be documented--maybe in the discussion of the --purge option: "Note this will not work if the package has already been removed." -- Ross Boylan wk: (415) 502-4031 530 Parnassus Avenue (Library) rm 115-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics fax: (415) 476-9856 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143-0840 hm: (415) 550-1062
