Hi Kurt, I just did a nm /usr/local/lib/libdb.a | grep db_open /usr/libexec/elf/nm: cxx_txn.o: File format not recognized Could be some issue with a.out and ELF format I shall try the ports (though, I recollect doing it and getting the same error) -- Yusuf Goolamabbas yusufg@huge.net