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Subject: Re: Recommended added target for bsd.port.mk 
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On 16 Dec, Bill Fenner wrote:
-} Bruce Gingery <bruce@gtcs.com> wrote:
-} >"make installed" as an alias for "pkg_info -c `make package-name`"
-} 
-} Is
-} 
-} installed:
-} 	@if pkg_info -e ${PKGNAME}; then			\	
-} 		${ECHO_MSG} "===> ${PKGNAME} is installed.";	\
-} 	else							\
-} 		${ECHO_MSG} "===> ${PKGNAME} is not installed.";\
-} 	fi
-} 
-} what you want from "make installed"?  (e.g. are you asking for 'pkg_info -c'
-} because it displays the COMMENT file, or because it tells you if it's not
-} installed?)
-} 
-}   Bill

Whoops - time to upgrade my bsd.port.mk, I guess.  The nice thing about
my idea was that it did BOTH.  Short description or "not installed".

	Bruce