"port fetch" creates build directory in /opt/local/var/macports/build

[kurtjaeke@…]

Running port fetch createsa build directory in /opt/local/var/macports/build.

It should not, since creating this dir implies selecting the default variants, which might not apply for the build process to be triggered later.

Please change port fetch so that it does not create a build dir.

[kurtjaeke@…]

Let me reiterate why this is a defect, not an enhancment: Running port fetch, a specific set of variants is selected for the build.

$ port help fetch 
Usage: fetch

Downloaded distfiles for the given ports

"help" states nothing about also selecting the default variants for the fetched port.

Please mark as defect.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

A variant can change the distfiles. You can't fetch with one set of variants selected and expect building with a different set to work.