#44764: coreutils 8.23_0 failed to upgrade -------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: jschnide@… | Owner: ryandesign@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.99 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: coreutils | -------------------------+-------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Replying to [comment:9 braumann@…]:
However, I have a {{{macports}}} installation since more than five years and I never ever had to manually touch the {{{macports.conf}}} before. So I have no idea why this line was previously not commented out, and I also have no idea about possible side effects which may arise from my manipulation.
Because we changed the defaults a few years ago. It's your responsibility, every time MacPorts base is updated, to compare the contents of your macports.conf (which MacPorts never touches) with macports.conf.default in the same directory (which is updated by MacPorts), and adopt any changes from the latter into the former. The side effects of changing the macportsuser from root to macports is that strange ports will no longer have free reign to read or write files anywhere they please; they're now restricted to reasonable locations. This is a good thing—it's more secure—and it's why we made this change in the defaults. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44764#comment:10> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X