Index: pym/portage.py
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--- pym/portage.py	(revision 7684)
+++ pym/portage.py	(revision 7685)
@@ -2952,6 +2952,7 @@
 					"ebuild's files must be downloaded"
 				print "!!! manually.  See the comments in" + \
 					" the ebuild for more information.\n"
+				mysettings["EBUILD_PHASE"] = "unpack"
 				spawn(EBUILD_SH_BINARY + " nofetch", mysettings)
 			elif listonly:
 				continue