<div dir="ltr">I actually just tried. I have an /opt but I can create and delete other things in the root. So we may be ok. I’ll keep an eye on it. <div><br></div><div>Obviously anything in /bin or /usr that isn’t /usr/local is off limits.<div><br></div><div>—Mark</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 10:50 AM Kridsada Thanabulpong <<a href="mailto:sirn@ogsite.net">sirn@ogsite.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
I have been running Catalina for a while and from my quick testing of<br>
creating .rootro, reboot, and mkdir /sw, the whole process went through<br>
just fine and /sw become writable (thanks to firmlinks).<br>
<br>
I couldn't try creating /opt because I already had it from Mojave.<br>
<br>
So far, the only issue seems to be you cannot completely remove /opt or<br>
/sw anymore once they're created. mkdir is fine, but rmdir'ing them will<br>
result in "Operation not permitted" error.<br>
<br>
I'm not able to test if this is still the case with the Public Beta <br>
(my MacBook has battery defect). I can experiment again once I regain<br>
access to a Mac.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Kridsada<br>
<br>
Ryan Schmidt <<a href="mailto:ryandesign@macports.org" target="_blank">ryandesign@macports.org</a>> writes:<br>
<br>
> On Jun 29, 2019, at 19:53, Mark Anderson wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Do we have any plans with how to deal with 10.15 not allowing us to create /opt if it doesn’t exist? Or does /opt just come with the file system? I can’t remember.<br>
><br>
> macOS does not come with an /opt directory.<br>
><br>
> I was not aware that macOS Catalina will prevent the creation of such directories, but I haven't read up on the new system yet. If that is true, then that sounds like a problem for us.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Just a reminder, make sure that anything discussed about Catalina on this mailing list is information that has already been publicly released.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#prerelease" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#prerelease</a><br>
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