[MacPorts] #40769: port install dropPrivileges problem causes all builds to fail - Snow Leopard

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#40769: port install dropPrivileges problem causes all builds to fail - Snow
Leopard
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 Reporter:  martini@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  High       |  Milestone:
Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.2.0
 Keywords:             |       Port:
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 New install of MacPorts 2.2.0 (via src tar.gz or .pkg) fail to allow
 building of any packages.
 The writing of any files or directories fails during port install.  It
 doesn't matter if the
 install is done as root or an admin user with sudo, installs fail.  I've
 confirmed this on
 two different Macs (both running Snow Leopard (10.6.8)) and many clean
 rebuilds.
 Pre-built packages install normally, but any builds fail.

 Reproduce:
 1) extract and install MacPorts-2.2.0.tar.gz (using ./configure ; make ;
 make install) as root or sudo
 2) sudo port -d selfupdate
 3) port -v install -s kermit (a small package with no dependancies)
 4) build fails!

 See attached files for session and logs.


 I tried ./configure --with-macports-user=root  --with-install-group=admin
 --with-install-user=root
 and again with my userid. All to no avail.  I even tried to remove
 dropPrivileges in all of the tcl code;
 and I tried to disable the seteuid calls in the tcl and c.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40769>
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