On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:43:13 +0800, Joey wrote: > Say you want to "unpack" the source file to where gentoo officially work > with sources without actually compiling do: > > # emerge -f /usr/portage/app-shells/bash/bash-2.05b-r9.ebuild > (to fetch the source tarball), then: > > # ebuild /usr/portage/app-shells/bash/bash-2.05b-r9.ebuild unpack
The emerge -f step is unnecessary. ebuild unpack will fetch the files is not already present in $DISTDIR. -- Neil Bothwick "A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy." -- Joseph Campbell
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