Never mind, I see where to hack it in the DESCRIPTION file. Nevertheless, the "<=1.2.3" dependency is mildly annoying since it makes it harder to use functionality that exists in the package but hasn''t been rolled into the base package as far as I can tell ... Ben Bolker ** NEW ADDRESS as of Aug. 1 *** Zoology Department, University of Florida bolker at zoo.ufl.edu (352) 392-5697 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._