[tlug] Reading the source from a Gentoo emerge

["Zev Blut" <zb@example.com>]

Hello,

I have a question related to Gentoo.

Is there a way to have the source code for "emerged" packages extract
themselves into a special directory automatically?  I know that emerge
downloads the source/binary packages to "/usr/portage/distfiles/" so I
can dig through that and get the source, but I want to know if there
is an easier way.

Thanks,
Zev