diff -r aa918ce6223c distutils2/pysetup
--- a/distutils2/pysetup	Mon Feb 28 21:42:32 2011 -0500
+++ b/distutils2/pysetup	Sat Mar 05 13:28:08 2011 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+
 from distutils2.run import main
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    sys.exit(main())
diff -r aa918ce6223c distutils2/run.py
--- a/distutils2/run.py	Mon Feb 28 21:42:32 2011 -0500
+++ b/distutils2/run.py	Sat Mar 05 13:28:08 2011 -0500
@@ -184,23 +184,29 @@ def main():
                     for v in value:
                         print('    ' + v)
                 else:
                     print('    ' + value.replace('\n', '\n    '))
         return 0
 
     if options.search is not None:
         search = options.search.lower()
+        is_installed = False
         for dist in get_distributions(use_egg_info=True):
             name = dist.name.lower()
             if search in name:
                 print('%s %s at %s' % (dist.name, dist.metadata['version'],
-                                     dist.path))
+                                       dist.path))
+                is_installed = True
 
-        return 0
+        if is_installed:
+            return 0
+        else:
+            print('%s is not installed' % (options.search))
+            return 1
 
     if options.graph is not None:
         name = options.graph
         dist = get_distribution(name, use_egg_info=True)
         if dist is None:
             print('Distribution not found.')
         else:
             dists = get_distributions(use_egg_info=True)