diff --git a/FileSets/MbDisplayPackageVersion.qml b/FileSets/MbDisplayPackageVersion.qml
index 5d81e6f..fc18e11 100644
--- a/FileSets/MbDisplayPackageVersion.qml
+++ b/FileSets/MbDisplayPackageVersion.qml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ MbItem {
 			Text
 			{
 				text: statusText ()
+				color: isCurrentItem ? root.style.textColorSelected : root.style.textColor
 				font.pixelSize: 10
 				horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignLeft
 			}
diff --git a/changes b/changes
index 6c9df9c..6b41cdb 100644
--- a/changes
+++ b/changes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+v5.5:
+	fixed: status text in Active packages menu is black - should be white
+	updateFileSets: fixed: reported no package errors when there were some
+
 v5.3 / v5.4:
 	updateFileSets: fixed: stale symlinks not removed
 	updateFileSets: remove existing file sets that only contain sym links
diff --git a/setup b/setup
index b2edb6a..f5dbbfc 100755
--- a/setup
+++ b/setup
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ source "/data/SetupHelper/CommonResources"
 
 #### end of lines to include SetupHelper
 
-# remove settings no longer used
+# remove settings that are no longer used
 
-cleanup ()
+function cleanup ()
 {
     # cleanup from older versions
     restoreActiveFile "$qmlDir/PageSettingsPackageControl.qml"
diff --git a/updateFileSets b/updateFileSets
index 9842c4f..c1d5b5b 100755
--- a/updateFileSets
+++ b/updateFileSets
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ done
 versionList=( $(echo ${tempList[@]} | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -t ':' -r -n -k 2 | uniq ) )
 
 for package in $packageList; do
+	packageErrors=0
     if [ ! -d "$packageRoot/$package" ] || [ ! -f "$packageRoot/$package/version" ]; then
         logMessage "$packageRoot/$package - not a package directory"
         continue
@@ -198,7 +199,6 @@ for package in $packageList; do
 
 	# process versions in stock files
     for entry1 in ${versionList[@]} ; do
-		packageErrors=0
 		IFS=':' read version1 version1number <<< "$entry1"
         fileSet1="$packageFiles/$version1"
 
@@ -470,10 +470,30 @@ for package in $packageList; do
 		logMessage "$package: $packageErrors ERRORS"
 	else
 		logMessage "$package: no errors"
-		echo "foo" >/dev/null
 	fi
 done # for package
 
+# review all file sets and report any that only contain sym links across all packages
+# it would be possile to remove those verions from stock files without loosing any data
+# this check is only done if updating all file sets and there are no errors
+if $doAllPackages && [ "$totalErrors" == 0 ]; then
+	logMessage "checking for versions that contain no actual replacement files"
+    for entry in ${versionList[@]} ; do
+		IFS=':' read version versionNumber <<< "$entry"
+		linksOnly=true
+		for package in $packageList; do
+			fileSet="$packageRoot/$package/FileSets/$version"
+			if [ ! -e "$fileSet/LINKS_ONLY" ]; then
+				linksOnly=false
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+		if $linksOnly ; then
+			logMessage "$version: only links in all packages"
+		fi
+	done
+fi
+
 if [ "$totalErrors" == 0 ]; then
     errorText="no errors  "
 else
diff --git a/version b/version
index 2f997ec..4ef789b 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v5.4
+v5.5