[101504] trunk/base/src/port1.0/portextract.tcl

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Jan 11, 2013, at 11:19 PM, blair at macports.org wrote:
> 
> portextract::extract_main: use_dmg fails to mount DMG is user isn't root.
> 
> The MacPorts user may not be able to mount a DMG with hdiutil; it will
> fail with an "hdiutil: attach failed - Device not configured" error.
> So only if a DMG is being used, elevate back to root to do the mount
> and unmount the DMG.

Is this only with specific dmgs? (or is it something specific to the way the macports user is set up?)

I can certainly mount dmgs as a 'normal' user with hdiutil

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