--- portage.py.orig	2004-11-04 23:24:11.587502942 +0200
+++ portage.py	2004-11-04 23:21:59.298265287 +0200
@@ -1523,6 +1523,12 @@
 	
 	if listonly or ("distlocks" not in features):
 		use_locks = 0
+		
+	if ("skiprocheck" in features) and use_locks:
+		print "!!! disabling locking for fetching to readonly filesystem"
+		print "!!! you can get rid of this warning by adding -distlocks to FEATURES"
+		use_locks = 0
+		
 
 	# local mirrors are always added
 	if custommirrors.has_key("local"):
@@ -1644,8 +1650,9 @@
 	del missingSourceHost
 
 	can_fetch=True
-	if not os.access(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/",os.W_OK):
+	if ("skiprocheck" not in features) and (not os.access(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/",os.W_OK)):
 		print "!!! No write access to %s" % mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"
+		print "!!! You can disable this check by adding skiprocheck to FEATURES"
 		can_fetch=False
 	else:
 		mystat=os.stat(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/")
@@ -1785,7 +1792,7 @@
 						myret=spawn(myfetch,mysettings,free=1)
 				finally:
 					#if root, -always- set the perms.
-					if os.path.exists(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"+myfile) and (fetched != 1 or os.getuid() == 0):
+					if os.path.exists(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"+myfile) and (fetched != 1 or os.getuid() == 0) and os.access(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"+locks_in_subdir,os.W_OK):
 						if os.stat(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"+myfile).st_gid != portage_gid:
 							try:
 								os.chown(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"+myfile,-1,portage_gid)