sorting out trace mode "access denied" messages

[Allen McBride]

Thanks again!  It sounds like my portfile is probably about as good as  
it's going to get.  I'll submit it soon.

--Allen


On Mar 16, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Rainer Müller wrote:

[...]

> But actually trace mode is correct. The path
> /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
> python2.5/os.py
> is not associated with any port. Ideally, it would check that the  
> given
> path resolves to a valid path and is only using symlinks which  
> belong to
> ports in the dependency chain. I would say you found a bug in trace  
> mode.

[...]

> This is normal behavior. As the symlink can be added/removed or  
> changed
> using python_select, it does not belong to the port. To use MacPorts
> terms, it is created directly in prefix by running python_select,  
> not in
> the destroot.
>
> Rainer