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[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 20, 2009, at 23:21, Bryan Blackburn wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:01:49PM -0500, Ryan Schmidt said:
> [...]
>> What else does --with-no-root-privileges do? The help only says it
>> will "Specify that MacPorts should be installed in your home
>> directory". I do not want MacPorts in my home directory; I want it
>> where I indicate with --prefix. The name of the option implies that
>> it should be used by someone who does not have root privileges, or
>> who does not want MacPorts to use root privileges. I have and do want
>> MacPorts to use root privileges if necessary, but for most ports it
>> is not necessary. Should I use the --with-no-root-privileges option?
>
> Which documentation are you reading, it sounds like that may be not  
> quite
> correct?

./configure --help:


   --with-no-root-privileges
                           Specify that MacPorts should be installed  
in your
                           home directory