mtree violations

[Sean Fulton]

On 2007-08-13 02:40:21 -0400, Anders F Björklund <afb at macports.org> said:

> mpu78 wrote:
> 
>> I'm a Unix user who is new to Mac and MacPorts. I've just started installing
>> things using `port' today, i.e. after the release of MacPorts 1.5.1, which I
>> understand does these `mtree' checks.
>> 
>> I'm not able to install much without getting the "mtree violation" error. It
>> fails to install `Xemacs' with:
>> 
>> Error: violation by /opt/local/man
>> Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: mtree violation!
>> 
>> and `gnome-doc-utils' with the same error on the way to installing other
>> things.
>> 
>> What should I do?
> 
> Downgrade to MacPorts-1.5.0, upgrade to SVN trunk, or wait until next 
> release...
> 
> --anders

Are maintainers supposed to be fixing these errors somehow? I maintain 
a port that has this error and I don't know if I'm supposed to add
	destroot.violate_mtree yes
or let it go until the next release.

	Sean