--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/12/09 16:22:06	1.458
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/01/26 22:00:07	1.459.2.2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.458 2003/12/09 16:22:06 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.459.2.2 2004/01/26 22:00:07 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3703,12 +3703,13 @@ sub EXT {
 		    if ($$result{$courselevel}) {
 			return $$result{$courselevel}; }
 		} else {
-		    if ($tmp!~/No such file/) {
+		    #error 2 occurs when the .db doesn't exist
+		    if ($tmp!~/error: 2 /) {
 			&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
 				 " Trying to get resource data for ".
 				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
 				 $tmp."</font>");
-		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error:No such file/) {
+		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error: 2 /) {
                         &EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
 		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
 			return $tmp;
@@ -3791,7 +3792,9 @@ sub packages_tab_default {
     foreach my $package (split(/,/,$packages)) {
 	my ($pack_type,$pack_part)=split(/_/,$package,2);
 	if ($pack_part eq $part) {
-	    return $packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"};
+	    if (defined($packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"})) {
+		return $packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"};
+	    }
 	}
     }
     return undef;
@@ -4426,7 +4429,7 @@ sub filelocation {
     $location=$file;
   } else {
     $file=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
-    $file=~s:^/*res::;
+    $file=~s:^/res/:/:;
     if ( !( $file =~ m:^/:) ) {
       $location = $dir. '/'.$file;
     } else {