Well I'm a bone head... I did not run this all the way through and it does not work...
Sorry for the false hope...
-bd-
OK, try this... (worked for me in 3.0M8, have not tried 2.1.x yet)
1) In the Package View - switch the layout to 'Hierarchal' (menu -> Layout -> Hierarchal)
2) Select 'Filters' for the Package View and choose to see 'empty parent packages'.
3) Rename the root package you wanted to update (i.e. faa to foo)
4) select the old parent package and 'open' it so you can see the tree underneath
5) select all the packages under this package that you want to refactor
6) select context menu->Refactor->Move
7) select the new parent package (i.e. foo) from the browser
8) click OK
You should be done, hopefully!
[ April 14, 2004: Message edited by: Bill Dudney ]