MacPorts without root privileges: how?

[Gf B]

I've read the manual enough to discover that it doesn't tell you how
to find a port's portfile...  Where is it?  What is it called?

Should one have to read the entire manual just to find this out?


On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Lenore Horner
<LenoreHorner at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> It's the list of instructions that tells your computer how to compile and
> install a port.
> See http://guide.macports.org/#development and the next section as well.
>  See
> also http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#PortfileDevelopmentandMaintenanceQuestions.
>  Internals may be helpful http://guide.macports.org/#internals.  Also in the
> guide, try searching " root".
> In short, read the manual.
>
> On Feb 15, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Gf B wrote:
>
> Sorry for the ignorant question: what exactly is "the portfile"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> G.
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Ben Greenfield <ben at cogs.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 15, 2011, at 8:32 AM, Gf B wrote:
>
> OK, I installed dbus using +no_startupitem+no_root.  Thank you all for
>
> the pointers to these variants.
>
> No such luck, however, with the postgresql90-server port.  This port
>
> is basically uninstallable without root privileges.  This is highly
>
> annoying to someone who has done dozens of PostgreSQL server
>
> installations before.  I'm sure I can finish this one by hand.
>
> If you work on modifying the portfile to not depend on root that would be
>
> the best approach in my opinion.
>
> It could be it needs a +no_root variant that others could use
>
>
>
> What I
>
> can't figure out is how to tell MacPorts that this port should be
>
> considered installed and active.
>
> So I return to the question: how to finalize the installation and
>
> activation of a port "by hand"?  What must I do to mark a port as
>
> installed and active?  What tricks/tools can I use to determine what's
>
> left to be done?
>
> Modify the portfile by hand until you get the port installed will meet your
>
> goals and may help others.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Ben
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> G.
>
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