On Mon, 2018-10-15 at 13:34 +0200, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in pkg_nofetch, beyond to "direct the user to download relevant source files",
> I've found it useful to tell the user which filesystem directory to put the
> files into once downloaded.
> 
> Beyond that, I've also found it useful to tell the user whether a relevant
> source file is 'already there' or 'still missing'.
> 
> Since the EAPI 6 related update to pkg_* phases to not have access to DISTDIR
> (even in earlier EAPI) any more, I'm wondering if both informations are still
> available to pkg_nofetch in one or another way.
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> Or is my only option to reduce the information to "all these files need to be
> put in your DISTDIR", requiring the user to find out both the right DISTDIR
> and which of the listed files are still missing herself?
> 

How would you know whether the file in DISTDIR is correct and complete?

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Best regards,
Michał Górny