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On Monday 05 January 2004 23:58, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:
> Loyd Goodbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I'm writing an ebuild, and would like to know whether this is the
> > first time the ebuild installs on the system, or whether it is being
> > rebuilt.
>
> Use `has_version'.  See ebuild(5).

This function works. However to make things fool-proof it is normally 
better to have a check on whether the package is actually registered 
with odbc instead of using the previous install status. a has_version 
check has many possibilities for errors when a state is inconsistent.

Paul

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