Bug 34814

Summary:	man 5 ebuild : best_version error in description of function return
Product:	[OLD] Docs-developer	Reporter:	Andrew Bevitt <andrewbevitt>
Component:	Portage Documentation	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Andrew Bevitt 2003-12-01 04:44:15 UTC

best_version <package name>
  This function will look up package name in the database of currently 
  installed  programs  and  echo the  "best version" of the package that 
  is currently installed.  
// Here is problem
  The function returns 0 if there is a package that matches package name. 
  Otherwise, the function will return 1.

if best_version <pkg>/<cat> ; 

Returns true when the package is installed, but that line above says it will
return 0, or false, at least to me...

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2003-12-01 07:27:52 UTC

it is correct ... nick for some reason decided to return shell true/false :P

you have to use this syntax:
if best_version blah/blah ; then
you cant use this:
if [ `best_version blah/blah` ] ; then