mtree violations

[Sean Fulton]

On 2007-08-15 01:29:09 -0400, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> said:

> 
> 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.

OK, thanks. Is there documentation for the mtree standards?

	Sean