build: make icu download path customizable

This makes it easier to store icu tarballs outside of the node.js
directory which is useful in our CI where git directories are
scrubbed between runs.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3200
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org>

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ca42356..6bc7172 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ intl_optgroup.add_option('--download',
     dest='download_list',
     help=nodedownload.help())
 
+intl_optgroup.add_option('--download-path',
+    action='store',
+    dest='download_path',
+    default=os.path.join(root_dir, 'deps'),
+    help='Download directory [default: %default]')
+
 parser.add_option_group(intl_optgroup)
 
 parser.add_option('--with-perfctr',
@@ -844,11 +850,15 @@ def configure_intl(o):
   ]
   def icu_download(path):
     # download ICU, if needed
+    if not os.access(options.download_path, os.W_OK):
+      print 'Error: cannot write to desired download path. ' \
+            'Either create it or verify permissions.'
+      sys.exit(1)
     for icu in icus:
       url = icu['url']
       md5 = icu['md5']
       local = url.split('/')[-1]
-      targetfile = os.path.join(root_dir, 'deps', local)
+      targetfile = os.path.join(options.download_path, local)
       if not os.path.isfile(targetfile):
         if nodedownload.candownload(auto_downloads, "icu"):
           nodedownload.retrievefile(url, targetfile)