On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 03:03:15PM GMT, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> Hello,
Hi Karl,
> 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
If you leave the defaults and don't explicitly set any of the above,
all the relevant directories will be under /usr/ports, which can
make your life easier (see below):
PORTSDIR=/usr/ports
DISTDIR=${PORTSDIR}/distfiles
WRKOBJDIR=${PORTSDIR}/pobj
PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=${PORTSDIR}/packages
Available disk space will obviously play a part here.
> I then tried to build a port with:
>
> make package LOCKDIR= BULK=Yes
>
> I got permission errors writing the package list
> since my user does not have permissions to write
> in /usr/ports/. Apologies, I did not copy the
> exact error.
This is not a bug - the FAQ clearly states[0] what you need to do.
Next time, it might be worth asking on ports@ :^)
Regard,
Raf
[0] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PortsConfig
> I also found a similar problem related to cookies.
>
> I found that setting
>
> BULK_COOKIES_DIR=${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
>
