There is an out-of-date script in infrastructure/build .  It looks to me
that it list everything installed.  If it needs to be updated, it tells you
that too.

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Bryan <bra...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 13:29,  <tra...@subspacefield.org> wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I have a script to sort of kickstart an installation after doing a
> > bare install of OpenBSD, and it's designed to be idempotent (won't
> > hurt to run it several times).
> >
> > Currently I install some packages, but that's a bit of a time-waster
> > in that it will reinstall. B Is there a way I can test for whether a
> > package has been installed already, given only the package name, and
> > not necessarily the executable name (if there is one)? B I tried
> > pkg_info and the exit code is zero even if the package isn't
> > installed.
> >
> > Also, I've noticed that if I don't have X11 installed, I can't seem to
> > install certain packages (such as subversion) and certain ports
> > (EMACS, and even if I set FLAVOR=no_x11). B What's up with that?
>
> You still need xbase for some instances, even if you specify no_x11.
> I seem to remember that python needs some libs that are in xbase, even
> if X is not used.

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