--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2014/01/06 13:33:12	2370
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2014/01/06 14:09:10	2371
@@ -3054,6 +3054,68 @@
 	unset -f postremove
 }
 
+# rerun_pkgfunctions [method] pkg1 pkg2 pkg3
+rerun_pkgfunctions()
+{
+	local method
+	local list
+	local pcat
+	local pname
+	local pver
+	local pbuild
+	local magefile
+	local i
+
+	# very basic getops
+	for i in $*
+	do
+		case $1 in
+			--method) shift; method="$1" ;;
+		esac
+		shift
+	done
+	local list="$@"
+
+	# sanity check
+	case ${method} in
+		preinstall|postinstall) ;;
+		preremove|postremove) ;;
+		*) die "rerun_pkgfunctions(): Unknown method '${method}'." ;;
+	esac
+
+	if [[ -n ${MROOT} ]]
+	then
+		echo -ne ${COLRED}
+		echo "!! running in MROOT=${MROOT}"
+		echo -ne ${COLDEFAULT}
+		echo
+	fi
+
+	for pkg in ${list}
+	do
+		pcat=$(dep2pcat ${pkg})
+		pname=$(magename2pname ${pkg})
+		pver=$(magename2pver ${pkg})
+		pbuild=$(magename2pbuild ${pkg})
+		magefile="${MROOT}${INSTALLDB}/${pcat}/${pname}-${pver}-${pbuild}/${pname}-${pver}-${pbuild}.mage"
+
+		if [ -e ${magefile} ]
+		then
+			source ${magefile}
+			if [ -n "$(typeset -f ${method})" ]
+			then
+				echo -e " ${COLBLUE}***${COLDEFAULT} running ${method} for ${pkg} ... "
+				${method}
+			else
+				echo "No ${method}() for pkg '${pkg}' defined. Doing nothing."
+			fi
+			unset -f preinstall postinstall preremove postremove
+		else
+			die "Magefile '${magefile}' does not exist."
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
 show_etc_update_mesg()
 {
 	[ ${MAGE_PROTECT_COUNTER} -eq 0 ] && return 0