Gentoo Development Guide
pkg_nofetch
| Function | pkg_nofetch |
| Purpose | Tell the user how to deal with fetch-restricted packages |
| Sandbox | Enabled |
| Privilege | root |
| Called for | ebuild |
Default pkg_nofetch
pkg_nofetch()
{
[ -z "${SRC_URI}" ] && return
echo "!!! The following are listed in SRC_URI for ${PN}:"
for MYFILE in `echo ${SRC_URI}`; do
echo "!!! $MYFILE"
done
return
}
Sample pkg_nofetch
pkg_nofetch() {
einfo "Please download"
einfo " - ${P}-main.tar.bz2"
einfo " - ${P}-extras.tar.bz2"
einfo "from ${HOMEPAGE} and place them in ${DISTDIR}"
}
Notes on pkg_nofetch
This function is only triggered for packages which
have RESTRICT="fetch" (see Restricting Automatic Mirroring)
set, and only if one or more components listed in SRC_URI are not
already available in the distfiles directory.