On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:57 AM, René J.V. <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > ~/.macports is used instead of /opt/local/var/macports when you run > MacPorts in > > a root installation but without root privileges. As such, MacPorts will > put > > When `macportsuser root` in macports.conf? > > I don't know if it's supported practice, but I find it works fine to set > macportsuser to myself. After all, that's what it boils down to :) > Not supported, not a great idea, not an outright installation-breaking idea. (Among other potential problems, a Portfile bug could nuke your home directory; with a dedicates macports user, it would get a permission error.) -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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