Re: Test in local repository without privileges

> On 17 Jan 2020, at 10:36 pm, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via macports-users > wrote: > > Chris, thanks for the quick reply. You are correct, a private macports > installation would enable testing ports without special privilege. Actually > I have already done this many times for testing

Re: Test in local repository without privileges

Chris, thanks for the quick reply. You are correct, a private macports installation would enable testing ports without special privilege. Actually I have already done this many times for testing and debugging other cases. However, I would like to find an intermediate solution that avoids full bui

Re: Test in local repository without privileges

Hi, I might be wrong, but I do not believe it is possible to temporarily change the install prefix, for a single port. Most probably you will need to start a new installation, using a custom installation prefix, from scratch. see https://www.macports.org/install.php#source

Test in local repository without privileges

I am on a corporate network with ports installed normally in /opt/local, controlled by system admins. Users do not have any write access into system directories. I would like to use a local portfile repository in user space, as described in Macports guide 4.6. How can I test ports in the local r