Bug 122811

Summary:	Download packages before emerging them
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Charles Christie <cchris0396>
Component:	Core - Interface (emerge)	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Charles Christie 2006-02-14 09:28:04 UTC

You should add an option that lets people download all of the package dependencies before they are installed. It would really help durring times that you are using somebody else's internet connection and you only have a little time to use it, like at school or a business or something.

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-14 09:32:47 UTC

From `man emerge`:

       --fetchonly (-f)
              Instead of doing any package building, just perform fetches  for
              all packages (the main package as well as all dependencies).