[MacPorts] #20957: Overzealous warnings about

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#20957: Overzealous warnings about
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.8.0                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
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 MacPorts 1.8.0 prints too many warnings when running without root
 privileges:

 {{{
 $ port install zlib
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Computing dependencies for zlib
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Fetching zlib
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for zlib
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Extracting zlib
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Applying patches to zlib
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Configuring zlib
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Building zlib
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Staging zlib into destroot
 MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to complete certain
 actions (eg install).
 --->  Installing zlib @1.2.3_2
 Error: Target org.macports.install returned: could not set attributes of
 "/mp/var/macports/software/zlib/1.2.3_2/mp/share/man/man3/zlib.3.gz":
 permission denied
 Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
 $
 }}}

 Ignoring for a moment the permission error in the install phase, which is
 filed as #20887, MacPorts has warned about running "without privileges"
 before every phase. I would like to see a maximum of one such warning per
 port, or perhaps just one warning per invocation of the port command, or
 perhaps even no warning at all. I run my MacPorts prefix under my own
 username and do not use root privileges unless installing something that
 needs them, for example when installing a port that has a launchd plist.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20957>
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