From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailgw1.netvision.net.il ([194.90.1.14]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15MsOc-0002FF-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:33:51 -0600 Received: from localhost (ras1-p36.rlz.netvision.net.il [62.0.84.36]) by mailgw1.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA04382 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 17:34:06 +0300 (IDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Dan Armak To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Checking availability of a package from an ebuil d X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <1DCB85BD45DED211B12D009027279E4F4767C7@murcury> In-Reply-To: <1DCB85BD45DED211B12D009027279E4F4767C7@murcury> Organization: Gentoo Technologies, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01071817351204.00590@localhost> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Jul 18 08:34:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 17:35:12 +0300 X-Archives-Salt: 772e3973-28df-4f3e-b5b1-d0f5f644a726 X-Archives-Hash: 0b9adea49da56590c055f20f4219a1b5 On Wednesday 18 July 2001 15:56, you wrote: > Hi Dan... > > > This may be trivial, but I can't find out how to do it. How > > can I check from > > within an ebuild whether or not a package is installed? For > > example whether > > virtual/x11 is available. (Even if it's not in USE). > > I've been using ls /var/db/pkg... Well, that's obvious. But I'd like something build-in to the ebuild format, like USE. -- Dan Armak Gentoo Linux Developer Matan, Israel