is the ls-lisp package switched on or off?

[leo]

hi there

how can i (inside emacs) find out wether the ls-lisp package is in use or
not?

i just found out  the hard way, hid the excuteable and dired was still able
to produce a directory.

so i guess it uses ls-lisp (or did it uses ls-lisp only beacuse it couln't
find the ls command?), but is there a switch or so in emacs?

thanks, leo