(Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:58:58 +0100)
And Marius Mauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> > hi all,
>  > 
>  > i have couple of emerge questions:
>  > 
>  >   - we can do an emerge inject <package name> to make portage think
>  >     that the package is already installed on the system. 
>  > 
>  >     now, when i do an emerge -s <package name>, it tells me that the
>  >     package is already installed. is it possible to find out, whether
>  >     the package is _really_ installed, or there is just a stub sitting
>  >     somewhere, telling portage to just 'fake' it ?
> 
>  No emerge command, but you can look at
>  /var/db/pkg/<category>/<package>-<version>, an injected package has
>  _only_ the COUNTER file there while "normal" packages have a few more.

IMO, portage should indicate whether a package has been injected or properly
emerged. (in `emerge -s` and maybe in `emerge -p` too)

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