Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:09:14 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: null <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: No port should need root for make fetch Message-ID: <b91f759d-e153-5c1b-a80a-77bd6b6b9cb9@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <201612132032.uBDKWaVK017178@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201612132032.uBDKWaVK017178@fire.js.berklix.net>
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Am 13.12.2016 um 21:32 schrieb Julian H. Stacey:
> Hi ports@
> IMO No port should need root for
> cd /usr/ports; make -i fetch
> The first one that broke for me was databases/mysql-q4m
> (OK might be others before, but I have DUDS =
> arabic biology chinese hebrew hungarian japanese korean
> polish portuguese russian ukrainian vietnamese games demime
> majordomo acroreadwrapper acroread9 chimera dosbox emil
> firefox freerdp gimp-app gv libcue mp3splt-gtk nut opera
> ripit vlc xorg xsane
> )
> (MAINTAINER CC'd) but there's more ports beyond, usually because
> some ports also go berserk & install, or mabe install dependents.
Julian,
How is that a problem of "some" ports? All ports require root for "make
fetch" because the normal distfiles/ directory is underneath /usr/ports/
and thus only writable by root. Make the /usr/ports/distfiles/ directory
writable to a certain group of users, make the DIRECTORY setgid (chmod
g+s ...), add the users to that group, and you're set, alternatively,
redirect that storage to a user-writable directory by setting the
DISTDIR environment variable (this can happen on the make command-line,
too).
> # DISTDIR - Where to search for and store copies of original sources
> # Default: ${PORTSDIR}/distfiles
(source: /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk)
HTH
Matthias
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