[MacPorts] #58018: MacPorts fails to run after manual install via tarball

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#58018: MacPorts fails to run after manual install via tarball
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 Reporter:  dlo     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
Component:  ports   |    Version:  2.5.4
 Keywords:          |       Port:
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 Hi all. I used MacPorts a few years back and decided to play around with
 it today. Unfortunately I've run into a snag right after the install step.

 (Side note: I would recommend explaining to more technical users why
 "sudo" is necessary for the default MacPorts installation as it remains
 unclear to me after a fair amount of searching around.)

 I decided to install MacPorts in my home directory, under $HOME/macports.

 My configure command:

 {{{
 ./configure --with-no-root-privileges --prefix=$HOME/macports
 }}}

 I then ran:

 {{{
 make && make install
 }}}

 The last command seemed to run into a few failures, notably:

 {{{
 chmod -h 555 "/Users/dan/macports/bin/portf" "/Users/dan/macports/bin
 /port-tclsh"
 chmod: invalid option -- 'h'
 Try 'chmod --help' for more information.
 make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
 make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
 make: *** [install] Error 1
 }}}

 Well, odd, I thought, but I didn't specify anything outside of the
 ordinary so figured that this must have been a false alarm. (After some
 digging, it turns out that coreutils / GNU chmod acts differently than the
 one bundled into macOS. May want to check for that in the configure
 step...).

 Anywho, I then ran `port install git` to test things out and got this
 error message:

 {{{
 $ port install git
 sources_conf must be set in /Users/dan/macports/etc/macports/macports.conf
 or in your /Users/dan/.macports/macports.conf file
     while executing
 "mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
 Error: /Users/dan/macports/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts,
 sources_conf must be set in /Users/dan/macports/etc/macports/macports.conf
 or in your /Users/dan/.macports/macports.conf file
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/58018>
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