Index: darcs.eclass
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/eclass/darcs.eclass,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -u -r1.9 darcs.eclass
--- darcs.eclass	19 Jul 2010 02:52:14 -0000	1.9
+++ darcs.eclass	31 Oct 2010 22:09:27 -0000
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
 # add darcs to deps
 DEPEND="dev-vcs/darcs"
 
+darcs_repo_id() {
+	local darcs_repo_data=($(${EDARCS_DARCS_CMD} show repo | grep "Num Patches"))
+	# handle string like: "    Num Patches: 3860"
+	echo "${darcs_repo_data[2]}"
+}
+
 # is called from darcs_src_unpack
 darcs_fetch() {
 
@@ -114,6 +120,9 @@
 		eval $cmdupdate || die "darcs update command failed"
 	fi
 
+	export DARCS_REPO_ID=$(darcs_repo_id)
+	einfo "    patches in repo: ${DARCS_REPO_ID}"
+
 	popd
 }