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This phase accesses the repository and retrieves the requested module, possibly even a specific version of it. The vector chosen gets to 2 arguments to work with, the name of the module and its version (Argument names in boldface). An empty string for the latter signals a request for the head-revision. The build directory to use is communicated implicitly. The caller takes care to make it the working directory of the application. This must not be changed by the called code.
The expected result is a subdirectory of the build directory, with the same name as the module. The files of the retrieved module must reside in there afterward.
The type of repository to access and its location is implicit knowledge of the code executed. The application neither provides information about it nor queries such.
The internal procedure implementing the interface to the external procedures is ::makedist::retrieve.
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