How about using "is included in your ${OPSYS} distribution",
	that way it will do some approximation of the right thing on
	an arbitrary Linux distribution (and give people some
	warning if someone has already installed a /usr/bin/rcs on their
	Solaris box)

		David/absolute		abs@mono.org

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On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Brook Milligan wrote:

> 	   devel/gtexinfo/Makefile:
> 		   .if exists(/usr/bin/install-info)
> 		   IGNORE=                 "is included with your NetBSD distribution"
> 		   .endif
> 
> 	   devel/rcs/Makefile:
> 		   ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM=      SunOS-*-*       # in NetBSD base system
> 
>    A simple solution for RCS would be something like
> 
> 	   .if exists(/usr/bin/rcs)
> 	   IGNORE=  "is included with your NetBSD distribution"
> 	   .endif
> 
> Given that we want to maintain some consistency in these messages and
> report already installed software, would it be useful to define
> something in bsd.pkg.mk like (choose a better variable name):
> 
> 	  INSTALLED_WITH_NETBSD="is included with your NetBSD distribution"
> 
> Then all the package-specific makefiles could use
> 
> 	   .if exists(/usr/bin/XXX)
> 	   IGNORE=  ${INSTALLED_WITH_NETBSD}
> 	   .endif
> 
> and be consistent.
> 
> Cheers,
> Brook
>