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From: Dan Armak <danarmak@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Checking availability of a package from an ebuild
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 01:50:54
Message-Id: 01071810304200.00605@localhost
1 Hi all,
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3 This may be trivial, but I can't find out how to do it. How can I check from
4 within an ebuild whether or not a package is installed? For example whether
5 virtual/x11 is available. (Even if it's not in USE).
6
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10 Dan Armak
11 Gentoo Linux Developer
12 Matan, Israel

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Checking availability of a package from an ebuild Ben Lutgens <blutgens@×××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Checking availability of a package from an ebuild Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>