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Tom Rhodes wrote:

>> Jacques doens't seem to like this: "Aaaaaahh!". I don't really care
>> ident(1) is fine for me, and it seems like this is the only reliable
>> indication. OTOH you'll need a couple of references (file, list of
>> FreeBSD versions). Doable, so when no other ideas pop up we should do
>> this.
>
> Yea, I already mentioned this.  We could also stat the UPDATING
> file for the entry?  Perhaps some kind of string could be checked
> with grep or something.

UPDATING needs /src, which a) might not be available, and b) may be more 
recent the the installed software.
-Oliver