--- /usr/bin/makepkg.ori  2010-03-16 16:37:47 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/makepkg      2010-03-16 16:39:52 +0100
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 RMDEPS=0
 REPKG=0
 LOGGING=0
+QUESTION=0
 SOURCEONLY=0
 IGNOREARCH=0
 HOLDVER=0
@@ -1421,6 +1422,7 @@
 	echo "$(gettext "  -m, --nocolor    Disable colorized output messages")"
 	echo "$(gettext "  -o, --nobuild    Download and extract files only")"
 	printf "$(gettext "  -p <buildscript> Use an alternate build script (instead of '%s')")\n" "$BUILDSCRIPT"
+	echo "$(gettext "  -q, --question   Just return zero if pacakge is already built, nonzero otherwise")"	
 	echo "$(gettext "  -r, --rmdeps     Remove installed dependencies after a successful build")"
 	# fix flyspray feature request #2978
 	echo "$(gettext "  -R, --repackage  Repackage contents of the package without rebuilding")"
@@ -1460,11 +1462,11 @@
 ARGLIST=("$@")
 
 # Parse Command Line Options.
-OPT_SHORT="AcCdefFghiLmop:rRsV"
-OPT_LONG="allsource,asroot,ignorearch,clean,cleancache,nodeps"
-OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,noextract,force,forcever:,geninteg,help,holdver"
-OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,install,log,nocolor,nobuild,rmdeps,repackage,skipinteg"
-OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,source,syncdeps,version,config:"
+OPT_SHORT="AcCdefFghiLmop:qrRsV"
+OPT_LONG="allsource,asroot,ignorearch,clean,cleancache,config:,force"
+OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,force,forcever:,geninteg,help,holdver,install,log"
+OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,nodeps,noextract,nocolor,nobuild,question,rmdeps"
+OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,repackage,skipinteg,source,syncdeps,version"
 # Pacman Options
 OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,noconfirm,noprogressbar"
 OPT_TEMP="$(parse_options $OPT_SHORT $OPT_LONG "$@" || echo 'PARSE_OPTIONS FAILED')"
@@ -1501,6 +1503,7 @@
 		-m|--nocolor)     USE_COLOR='n' ;;
 		-o|--nobuild)     NOBUILD=1 ;;
 		-p)               shift; BUILDFILE=$1 ;;
+		-q|--question)    QUESTION=1 ;;
 		-r|--rmdeps)      RMDEPS=1 ;;
 		-R|--repackage)   REPKG=1 ;;
 		--skipinteg)      SKIPINTEG=1 ;;
@@ -1686,6 +1689,9 @@
 if [ "$SPLITPKG" -eq 0 ]; then
 	if [ -f "$PKGDEST/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${CARCH}${PKGEXT}" \
 			-a "$FORCE" -eq 0 -a "$SOURCEONLY" -eq 0 -a "$NOBUILD" -eq 0 ]; then
+		if [ "$QUESTION" -eq 1 ]; then
+			exit 0
+		fi
 		if [ "$INSTALL" -eq 1 ]; then
 			warning "$(gettext "A package has already been built, installing existing package...")"
 			install_package
@@ -1707,6 +1713,9 @@
 	done
 	if [ "$FORCE" -eq 0 -a "$SOURCEONLY" -eq 0 -a "$NOBUILD" -eq 0 ]; then
 		if [ "$allpkgbuilt" -eq 1 ]; then
+			if [ "$QUESTION" -eq 1 ]; then
+				exit 0
+			fi
 			if [ "$INSTALL" -eq 1 ]; then
 				warning "$(gettext "The package group has already been built, installing existing packages...")"
 				install_package
@@ -1724,6 +1733,10 @@
 	unset allpkgbuilt somepkgbuilt
 fi
 
+if [ "$QUESTION" -eq 1 ]; then
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 # Run the bare minimum in fakeroot
 if [ "$INFAKEROOT" -eq 1 ]; then
 	if [ "$SPLITPKG" -eq 0 ]; then