mtree violations

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 14, 2007, at 22:23, Sean Fulton wrote:

> On 2007-08-13 02:40:21 -0400, Anders F Björklund 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.

Yes, you are supposed to be fixing this. You are not supposed to be  
violating the mtree. The next release of MacPorts will downgrade  
these from fatal errors to warnings, but that's only temporary, until  
people fix the ports. For example, if you are installing things into / 
opt/local/man, you should change your port to install those things  
into /opt/local/share/man. If you are installing things into other  
nonstandard places, you should evaluate whether those were  
intentional or not. If intentional, then you can add  
"destroot.violate_mtree yes" to the portfile to indicate this intent.  
If you are installing things in places that are being reported as an  
mtree violation, but you do not believe it is, then you should report  
that to the -dev list where it can be decided whether or not to amend  
the mtree checker.