1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/selfpublish.sh b/selfpublish.sh
index 8a17c67..1ee3f08 100644
--- a/selfpublish.sh
+++ b/selfpublish.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ EOF
 
 equivocate()
 {
-    dpkg-query -s selfpublish-dot-sh-deps >/dev/null 2>&1 && return || true
+    if dpkg-query -s selfpublish-dot-sh-deps | grep -q '^Status: install ok installed'
+    then
+        return
+    fi
     which equivs-build >/dev/null 2>&1 || apt_install equivs
     (
         destdir=$(mktemp -d)