#20330: Ports that require root access to build don't work if macportsuser is not root ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Reporter: mta@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Keywords: asroot | Port: ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ The {target}.asroot option in portfiles doesn't seem to work. This is because the code to test it in target_run in portutil.tcl is testing the wrong variable. The result is that ports which require root access to install don't work right if macports is built with the with-install-user, with-install-group, and with-macports-user options (or with with-no-root- privileges which amounts to the same thing). Also reinplace sometimes needs root access to set the attributes on the new copy of the file it just changed. This means that some ports (for example dbus) need "patch.asroot yes" just to do a reinplace in the post patch code. I've attached a patch that fixes both of these problems. With this change dbus builds properly in a non-privileged macports running under sudo if you add "install.asroot yes" and "destroot.asroot yes" to its Portfile. Most of the build runs as macportsuser and only the installation parts run as root. There is also a kluge around line 100 in portdestroot.tcl which is probably not needed with these changes. It escalates privileges to root if macports started as root, but isn't root now. After the fix to make destroot.asroot work this shouldn't be needed anymore. I verified that it isn't being executed, but didn't remove it. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20330> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS