Index: src/main.cc
===================================================================
--- src/main.cc	(revision 260)
+++ src/main.cc	(working copy)
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@
 	if(!Configuration::getObject().getOption("no-user-interaction").given())
 		emBaseArg += "a";
 
+	if(Configuration::getObject().getOption("fetchonly").given())
+		emBaseArg += "f";
+
 	string emArg(emBaseArg);
 	for(VI vi(alreadyInstalled.begin()); vi != alreadyInstalled.end(); ++vi)
 		emArg += " " + vi->toString();
Index: src/configuration.cc
===================================================================
--- src/configuration.cc	(revision 260)
+++ src/configuration.cc	(working copy)
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 		Configuration::_m_withUse,
 		Configuration::_m_withCflags,
 		Configuration::_m_noMerge,
+		Configuration::_m_fetchOnly,
 		Configuration::_m_noTests,
 		Configuration::_m_notImplemented,
 		Configuration::_m_pkgManagerRelated,
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@
 			&_m_withUse,
 			&_m_withCflags,
 			&_m_noMerge,
+			&_m_fetchOnly,
 			&_m_scriptFrom,
 			&_m_templateScriptPath,
 			&_m_scriptDestPath,
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@
 
 		_m_action = (_m_work | _m_giveMe | _m_resolve | _m_drop | _m_clean | _m_help | _m_version | _m_useDesc | _m_stat);
 		_m_behavior = (_m_pretend | _m_verbose | _m_quiet | _m_noInteraction);
-		_m_pkgManagerRelated = (_m_withUse | _m_withCflags | _m_noTests | _m_noMerge);
+		_m_pkgManagerRelated = (_m_withUse | _m_withCflags | _m_noTests | _m_noMerge | _m_fetchOnly);
 		_m_notImplemented = (_m_pretend| _m_withCflags | _m_withUse);
 		_m_configFile = (_m_scriptDestPath | _m_templateScriptPath);
 		_m_misc = _m_scriptFrom;
@@ -336,6 +338,13 @@
 				_m_help,
 				'I'));
 
+	_optDescriptionVec.push_back(OptDesctiption(
+				_m_fetchOnly,
+				"fetchonly",
+				"only fetches source for targets -- does not build them",
+				_m_help,
+				'f'));
+
 	/////////////////////////////////////////////
 	//Package manager related options
 	_optDescriptionVec.push_back(OptDesctiption(
Index: src/configuration.h
===================================================================
--- src/configuration.h	(revision 260)
+++ src/configuration.h	(working copy)
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
 		_m_withCflags,
 		_m_noTests,
 		_m_noMerge,
+		_m_fetchOnly,
 		_m_notImplemented,
 		_m_pkgManagerRelated,
 		_m_scriptFrom,
Index: doc/gatt.1
===================================================================
--- doc/gatt.1	(revision 260)
+++ doc/gatt.1	(working copy)
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
 .TP
 \fB\-\-no\-merge\fR
 prevents gatt from installing/uninstalling packages
+.TP
+\fB\-\-fetchonly\fR
+only fetches sources for the packages and does not 
+build them
 .SS "Miscelanious:"
 .TP
 \fB\-\-script\-from\fR arg