diff --git a/emulators/freebsd_lib/pkg/INSTALL b/emulators/freebsd_lib/pkg/INSTALL
index a739c27fb81..80e839c82fc 100644
--- a/emulators/freebsd_lib/pkg/INSTALL
+++ b/emulators/freebsd_lib/pkg/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $OpenBSD: INSTALL,v 1.2 2000/10/01 03:41:14 brad Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: INSTALL,v 1.3 2001/02/14 22:39:49 brad Exp $
 #
 # Pre/post-installation setup of freebsd_lib
 
@@ -11,12 +11,27 @@ PREFIX=${PKG_PREFIX:-/usr/local/emul/freebsd}
 
 # Function: tell the user what s/he needs to do to use the port just installed
 #
-do_notice()
+do_notice_top()
 {
     echo
     echo "+---------------"
+    echo "|"
+}
+
+do_notice_link()
+{
+    echo "| /emul/freebsd already exists but it's not a symlink to $PREFIX."
+    echo "|"
+    echo "| To make this port active you must make /emul/freebsd a symlink to"
+    echo "| $PREFIX."
+    echo "|"
+}
+
+do_notice_bottom()
+{
     echo "| Installation of $1 complete. See compat_freebsd(8)"
     echo "| for more information."
+    echo "|"
     echo "+---------------"
     echo
 }
@@ -32,12 +47,21 @@ fi
 #
 case $2 in
     PRE-INSTALL)
-    	install -d -o root -g bin -m 755 /emul
+	install -d -o root -g bin -m 755 /emul
 	install -d -o root -g bin -m 755 $PREFIX
-	ln -sf $PREFIX /emul/freebsd
 	;;
     POST-INSTALL)
-	do_notice $1
+	do_notice_top $1
+
+	if [ -e /emul/freebsd ]; then
+	    if [ x`readlink /emul/freebsd` != x"$PREFIX" ]; then
+	    	do_notice_link
+	    fi
+	else
+	    ln -sf $PREFIX /emul/freebsd
+	fi
+	
+	do_notice_bottom $1
 	;;
     *)
 	echo "usage: $0 distname { PRE-INSTALL | POST-INSTALL }" >&2