Without the import * commands in util.py I have the following tracebacks in the current CVS code: File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/distutils/cmd.py", line 325, in mkpath util.mkpath (name, mode, AttributeError: mkpath File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/distutils/cmd.py", line 335, in copy_file return util.copy_file (infile, outfile, AttributeError: copy_file File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/distutils/cmd.py", line 404, in make_file if self.force or util.newer_group (infiles, outfile): AttributeError: newer_group File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/distutils/cmd.py", line 373, in make_archive return util.make_archive (base_name, format, root_dir, base_dir, AttributeError: make_archive Bastian Kleineidam