#21082: MacPorts 1.8.0 deletes ${prefix} if it is a symlink -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: ryandesign@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts 1.8.1 Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Keywords: | Port: -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Comment(by mike@…): Have not tested patch, but can confirm bug exhibited if macports is installed in $HOME, /Users is a symlink, OS X 10.5, MacPorts 1.8.0 and tclsh 8.4. e.g. of buggy behaviour: $ port uninstall bzip2 ---> Deactivating bzip2 @1.0.5_2+darwin Error: port uninstall failed: error deleting "/Users": permission denied -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21082#comment:18> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS