Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh	(revision 16661)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh	(revision 16662)
@@ -108,7 +108,26 @@
 		if [[ $current_version == $last_changed_version ]]; then 
 			#go ahead and reinstall. 
+			echo "For $PACKAGENAME: svn current_version  is $current_version and last changed version is $last_changed_version"
+			echo "Triggering new install of $PACKAGENAME"
+			install_test=1
+		else
+			#ok, we want to skip, unless the package is not installed: 
+			if [ -d install ]; then 
+				echo "For $PACKAGENAME: svn current_version  is $current_version and last changed version is $last_changed_version"
+				echo "and install directory exists, so skipping install of $PACKAGENAME"
+				install_test=0;
+			else
+				echo "For $PACKAGENAME: svn current_version  is $current_version and last changed version is $last_changed_version"
+				echo "However, install directory does not exist, so triggering install of $PACKAGENAME"
+				install_test=1;
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		if [[ $install_test == 1 ]]; then 
 			echo "======================================================";
 			echo "       Installing $PACKAGENAME                        ";
 			echo "======================================================";
+			echo "current version: $current_version"
+			echo "last changed version: $last_changed_version"
 			./$PACKAGEINST |  tee compil.log
 			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then