From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 7 19:00:47 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7199A564 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 19:00:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A7629BF for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 19:00:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=Rs5H3VaK c=1 sm=0 a=PW3xJ9FCFv6cDMPnnRyn9Q==:17 a=oJwNijNGYQ0A:10 a=05ChyHeVI94A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=LfB4caItbUQA:10 a=0BYqzdKNAAAA:8 a=UdvEN9gbqWsBAELrqE0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=PW3xJ9FCFv6cDMPnnRyn9Q==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 76.183.65.74 Received: from [76.183.65.74] ([76.183.65.74:53037] helo=[192.168.1.32]) by cdptpa-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id E1/E3-07811-DD403525; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 19:00:46 +0000 Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:00:44 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: mexas@bris.ac.uk, kpaasial@gmail.com Subject: Re: Explain staging Message-ID: <65A7DC13FD82CFF64C8FF093@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <201310070937.r979bY2e043286@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201310070937.r979bY2e043286@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 19:00:47 -0000 --On October 7, 2013 10:37:34 AM +0100 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> >> Set DISTDIR in make.conf to for example /home/memyself/distfiles and >> move the existing distfiles there. There's no reasonable default for >> DISTDIR I think if it's assumed that fetch operates as non-root. >> >> -Kimmo > > sure, I can do /tmp/distfiles too. > But that doesn't help with all the other failing targets. > Then I might as well "chown -R user:group /usr/ports" > and update the ports tree as an unprivileged user too. > HOwever, security would suffer, I think. > And, anyway, this would be a major change. > If this were the case, it should be much > better documented, I think. > Absolutely correct. A change of this magnitude needs to be much better documented than it has been so far. Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell