- urpmi:

  o --install-src as user now works for remote medium

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cedf5c63..4f5033e4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   o deprecate --curl and --wget in favor of --downloader curl 
     and --downloader --wget
   o fix displaying error message when failing to lock (regression in 5.1)
+- urpmi:
+  o --install-src as user now works for remote medium
 - urpmf:
   o add special code for --files simple case, it makes urpmf 3x faster for
     this often used case
diff --git a/urpm/get_pkgs.pm b/urpm/get_pkgs.pm
index 0906ee54..cc8d41af 100644
--- a/urpm/get_pkgs.pm
+++ b/urpm/get_pkgs.pm
@@ -138,15 +138,23 @@ sub download_packages_of_distant_media {
 	my $partial_dir = "$urpm->{cachedir}/partial";
 	my $rpms_dir = "$urpm->{cachedir}/rpms";
 	if (%distant_sources && ! -w $partial_dir) {
-	    $urpm->{error}(N("sorry, you can't use --install-src to install remote .src.rpm files"));
-	    exit 1;
+	    if (my $userdir = urpm::userdir($urpm)) {
+		$partial_dir = "$userdir/partial";
+		$rpms_dir = "$userdir/rpms";
+		mkdir $download_dir;
+		mkdir $rpms_dir;
+	    } else {
+		$urpm->{error}(N("sorry, you can't use --install-src to install remote .src.rpm files"));
+		exit 1;
+	    }
 	}
 
 	#- download files from the current medium.
 	if (%distant_sources) {
 	    $urpm->{log}(N("retrieving rpm files from medium \"%s\"...", $urpm->{media}[$n]{name}));
 	    if (urpm::download::sync($urpm, $urpm->{media}[$n], [ values %distant_sources ],
-				     quiet => $options{quiet}, resume => $urpm->{options}{resume}, callback => $options{callback})) {
+				     dir => $partial_dir, quiet => $options{quiet}, 
+				     resume => $urpm->{options}{resume}, callback => $options{callback})) {
 		$urpm->{log}(N("...retrieving done"));
 	    } else {
 		$urpm->{error}(N("...retrieving failed: %s", $@));