[MacPorts] #10879: RFE: apache2 and other ports won't install as non-root users

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#10879: RFE: apache2 and other ports won't install as non-root users
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 Reporter:  plambert@…             |       Owner:  imajes@…           
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  assigned           
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:  MacPorts Future    
Component:  base                   |     Version:                     
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Comment(by www.macports.org@…):

 I have been having a similar problem installing dbus as a non root user
 since it also installs StartupItems.
 Editing DESTROOT/share/macports/Tcl/port1.0/portstartupitem.tcl and the
 dbus Portfile fixed it.

 The changes are simple:
 In portstartupitem.tcl, replace all instances of "root" by
 "${install.user}" and all instances of "wheel" by "${install.group}".
 In the dbus portfile, same process.
 Note that there's a misspelling at some point : "error" is spelled
 "erorr".

 This allows dbus to properly install the Startup Items in the /User/<my-
 user-name>/Library/StartupItems folders. They run perfectly when
 activated. Before that, I could only install dbus by selecting the no_root
 and no_startupitems variants.

 However, it is possible that these changes cause a standard MacPorts
 installation (ie, as root) to break, since the installation user won't be
 root but most likely a simple administrator.
 I'll let the experts judge if that's a problem.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/10879#comment:8>
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