Hello,
This is something of an FYI.
OpenBSD 5.8-stable.
I tried following the instructions in ports(7)
and the FAQ to build ports as an ordinary user.
I added to /etc/mk.conf:
WRKOBJDIR=/usr/obj/ports
DISTDIR=/usr/distfiles
PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=/usr/packages
I then tried to build a port with:
make package LOCKDIR= BULK=Yes
I got permission errors writing the package list
since my user does not have permissions to write
in /usr/ports/. Apologies, I did not copy the
exact error.
I also found a similar problem related to cookies.
I found that setting
BULK_COOKIES_DIR=${PACKAGE_REPOSITORY}/bulk/${MACHINE_ARCH}
PLIST_DB=${PACKAGE_REPOSITORY}/plist/${MACHINE_ARCH}/
Allowed me to succeed. I could be wrong but didn't see
anything in the FAQ regards this.
Perhaps BULK_COOKIES_DIR, UPDATE_COOKIES_DIR, and
PLIST_DB in bsd.port.mk should all be based off of
PACKAGE_REPOSITORY rather than PORTSDIR, or something, to better
support building as a regular user?
I hope this feedback is helpful. Otherwise, ignore it.
Regards,
Karl <[email protected]>
Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
