[gentoo-dev] Can pkg_nofetch determine if a file is already downloaded?

[Michael Haubenwallner <haubi@gentoo.org>]

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?

Thanks,
/haubi/