On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Gideon Simpson <[email protected]> wrote:
> gideon@gs_air:swig$ sudo port install > Password: > Error: Unable to execute port: Could not open file: > /Users/gideon/Downloads/ports/swig/Portfile > Make sure that the user "macports" can get to that directory. This usually means "chmod o+x ~" to grant search (only) privilege so that it can traverse ~ to get to the swig subdirectory. (If you are feeling paranoid, you can use "chmod -e" to limit that access to the "macports" user instead of all users; see `man 1 chmod` for how OS X ACLs work.) Likewise ensure that the swig directory grants access to the "macports" user and that that user can read the Portfile and patch. MacPorts does not perform all operations as root, but drops to the unprivileged "macports" user for most things. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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