On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Alex Schuster <wo...@wonkology.org> wrote: > Mark Knecht writes: > >> Is there an option in emerge to download and create the source code >> tree for an application, but then stop at that point, don't build the >> app and leave the source code tree in place so that I can look at it? > > Probably not. But you can use the ebuild command: > > ebuild /path/to/category/package.ebuild unpack > > Read the man page, I'm not sure if things like fetching will be done when > necessary. > > Wonko > >
Thanks Wonko and you too Neil. Cheers, Mark
