Hi Mike, Just did a full clean check out no issues. Like so: svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/flex/sdk/branches/develop
When it got to the the textlayout external link it did this: Fetching external item into 'develop/frameworks/projects/textLayout/3.0.33' A develop/frameworks/projects/textLayout/3.0.33/.flexLibProperties A develop/frameworks/projects/textLayout/3.0.33/.project A develop/frameworks/projects/textLayout/3.0.33/manifest.xml etc etc svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/flex/sdk/tunk also had no issues. My guess is that the SVN link for textlayout hasn't been updated in one of the other branches (4.8 release perhaps?) Thanks, Justin