[MacPorts] #60064: Non-root install fails on Catalina

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#60064: Non-root install fails on Catalina
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 Reporter:  jay-ouellette  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  High           |  Milestone:
Component:  base           |    Version:  2.6.2
 Keywords:  security       |       Port:
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 I've run MacPorts for years without root, but after upgrading to Catalina,
 it no longer works.

 Please provide, and document, a secure install option. It is highly
 inappropriate, and unethical for MacPorts to have unnecessary access to my
 SSH keys, photos, email, and other personal data.

 Please provide, and document, the ability to control the owner, group and
 permissions of all files installed by MacPorts.

 These are the commands that fail:


 {{{
 PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin ./configure --enable-readline
 --prefix=/opt/local --with-no-root-privilege
 make
 make install
 }}}

 The full output is attached.

 Also, this no long appears to work either:

 {{{
 # install with .pkg then:
 sudo chown -R "$USER" /opt && sudo chgrp -R staff /opt
 port install parallel
 --->  Computing dependencies for parallel
 The following dependencies will be installed:
  db48
  gdbm
  gettext
  libiconv
  ncurses
  perl5
  perl5.28
  readline
 Continue? [Y/n]: y
 --->  Fetching archive for db48
 Warning: Your DNS servers incorrectly claim to know the address of
 nonexistent hosts. This may cause checksum mismatches for some ports. See
 this page for more information:
 <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MisbehavingServers>
 --->  Attempting to fetch db48-4.8.30_4.darwin_19.x86_64.tbz2 from
 https://packages.macports.org/db48
 --->  Attempting to fetch db48-4.8.30_4.darwin_19.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from
 https://packages.macports.org/db48
 --->  Installing db48 @4.8.30_4
 --->  Activating db48 @4.8.30_4
 Error: Failed to activate db48: command execution failed
 Error: See
 /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_databases_db48/db48/main.log
 for details.
 Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
 Error: Processing of port parallel failed
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60064>
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