--- /usr/bin/glsa-check	2005-06-12 16:25:46.000000000 -0400
+++ glsa-check	2005-09-07 12:22:21.000000000 -0400
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import os,string,sys
 sys.path.insert(0, "/usr/lib/gentoolkit/pym")
 sys.path.insert(0, "/usr/lib/portage/pym")
+from portage_util import grabfile
 from output import *
 from getopt import getopt,GetoptError
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
 	args, params = getopt(sys.argv[1:], "dplfchinvt", \
 		["dump", "print", "list", "pretend", "fix", "inject", "help", "info", "version", "test", "nocolor"])
 	args = [a for a,b in args]
-	
+
 	for option in ["--nocolor", "-n"]:
 		if option in args:
 			nocolor()
@@ -60,13 +61,15 @@
 	elif len(args) > 1:
 		print "please use only one command per call"
 		mode = "help"
+
+
 	else:
 		# in what mode are we ?
 		args = args[0]
 		for m in optionmap:
 			if args in [o for o in m[:-1]]:
 				mode = m[1][2:]
-
+		
 except GetoptError, e:
 	print "unknown option given:", e
 	mode = "help"
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@
 	print
 	sys.exit(1)
 
+
 # we need root priviledges for write access
 if mode in ["fix", "inject"] and os.geteuid() != 0:
 	print
@@ -119,6 +123,17 @@
 
 glsaconfig = checkconfig(portage.config(clone=portage.settings))
 
+# check that there is a glsa list
+glsatimestampfile = glsaconfig["GLSA_DIR"]+"/timestamp.chk"
+if os.path.exists(glsatimestampfile):
+	content=portage.grabfile(glsatimestampfile)
+else :
+	print
+	print red("This tool needs to have a current GLSA list.")
+	print "Please emerge sync to obtain the latest list"
+	print
+	sys.exit(0)
+	
 # build glsa lists
 completelist = get_glsa_list(glsaconfig["GLSA_DIR"], glsaconfig)