[MacPorts] #57894: Unable to install ports from git source as root : Could not open file

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#57894: Unable to install ports from git source as root : Could not open file
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 Reporter:  toki07  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
Component:  base    |    Version:  2.5.4
 Keywords:          |       Port:
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 Hello,

 I'm trying to use macports and ports from git sources. I have followed the
 instructions from the [https://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.git
 manual], but it doesn't work.

 The port macports-base compiles well, but it is impossible to install any
 port as root (as well as user). I have an error message.
  - As sudo : ''"Error: Unable to execute port: Could not open file:
 macports-ports/sysutils/coreutils/Portfile"''
  - As user : ''"Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts
 install prefix."''

 I need to chown the macports-base tree to the user who is running the
 port, and then most of them can compile, but only as user, and not as
 root.
 {{{
 sudo chown -R $UID:$GROUPS $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base
 sudo chown -R $UID:$GROUPS $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-ports
 }}}

 Some of ports still need to have root access, and cannot be installed (eg
 libnetpbm) and then cannot be installed.

 The error message is : ''"Error: Failed to destroot libnetpbm: command
 execution failed"''

 Note that this seems to work if instead of using a subdir of $HOME as root
 for projects, a subdir of /tmp is used to build the ports.

 Here is a script that simulates the test cases.

 Regards, Joel

 {{{

 MACPORTS_DIR=$HOME/macports/WORK

 mkdir -p $MACPORTS_DIR
 chmod 755 $MACPORTS_DIR
 cd $MACPORTS_DIR
 git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.5.4 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base.git
 git clone --depth 1 --branch master https://github.com/macports/macports-
 ports.git

 # Adapting to use local ports (replacing rsync:// and file:// in sources
 with file://$MACPORTS_DIR/macports-ports)
 find $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base -name 'sources.conf' -exec /usr/bin/sed
 -i '' -E 's/^(rsync|file)(.*)$/#\1\2/' {} \;
 find $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base -name 'sources.conf' -exec sh -c "echo
 'file://$MACPORTS_DIR/macports-ports [default]' >> {}" \;

 # Building base ports
 cd $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base
 export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
 mkdir -p $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base/Applications
 ./configure --enable-readline --prefix=$MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base --with-
 applications-dir=$MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base/Applications --without-
 startupitems
 make -j8

 # make install needs sudo, but it changes owner to root on installed files
 sudo make install
 sudo make distclean

 export PATH=$MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base:$MACPORTS_DIR/macports-
 base/bin:$MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base/sbin:$PATH
 cd $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-ports
 $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base/bin/portindex

 # Failure when installing as sudo
 sudo $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base/bin/port install -vd coreutils
 sudo $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base/bin/port install -vd libnetpbm

 sudo chown -R $UID:$GROUPS $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base
 sudo chown -R $UID:$GROUPS $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-ports

 # After chown done, some ports can build, but not when sudo access is
 needed
 $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base/bin/port install -vd coreutils
 $MACPORTS_DIR/macports-base/bin/port install -vd libnetpbm

 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/57894>
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