As mentioned in the Boost RC thread there was a problem with the archives stemming from the svn::execute property being set in many files that make no sense as executables. To fix it at the source I went through, with initial help from Jens S., and removed the svn:execute property as needed. I made the changes to "branches/release" and to "trunk". It would very neighborly if other went through and fixed their own code in branches as needed. WARNING: This means the next update for Unix users might be rather large as SVN resets permissions on files. Additionally incremental testers will likely see a long cycle. I used a combination of the "find" utility and the "svn" command: find . \ -type f \ -not -regex ".*[/][.]svn[/].*" \ -not -regex ".*\([.]bat\|[.]cmd\|[.]com\|[.]csh\|[.]m4\|[.]pl\|[.]py\|[.]sh\|configure\|rst2latex\)" \ -exec svn propdel "svn:executable" "{}" ";" Then doing a commit with whatever SVN tool you use normally. For Windows users you can still use the above command but you will need to either run something like the Cygwin shell, or MSYS shell. Or you can download a the standalone GnuWin32 port of find <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/findutils.htm> and the standard Windows SVN install. Lastly, please be careful about adding files that may be executable. And make sure the SVN properties are set correctly. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org (msn) - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim,yahoo,skype,efnet,gmail