The following still doesn’t work:

gideon@gs_air:swig$ chmod o+x ~
gideon@gs_air:swig$ sudo port install
Error: Unable to execute port: Could not open file: 
/Users/gideon/Downloads/ports/swig/Portfile

-gideon

> On Sep 4, 2015, at 10:17 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Gideon Simpson <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[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
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