How does "port" figure out which configuration files to read? Mine is
now trying to get configuration information from a non-existent file:
I have a (source-compiled) version installed in /Ports, and then
installed another temporary version into $HOME/scratch/ports (via ./
configure --prefix=$HOME/scratch/ports, to see whether a dependency
problem with ncursesw had been fixed). Running /Ports/bin/port now
produces an error message:
boom:~$ /Ports/bin/port --help
sources_conf must be set in /Users/mjs/scratch/ports/etc/macports/
macports.conf or in your /Users/mjs/.macports/macports.conf file
while executing
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /Ports/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, sources_conf
must be set in /Users/mjs/scratch/ports/etc/macports/macports.conf or
in your /Users/mjs/.macports/macports.conf file
Where is it getting the "scratch" directory from? There's nothing in
$HOME/.macports except for a history file, and there's nothing in my
environment either. /Ports/bin/ports itself appears to be unchanged,
and rgrep over the /Ports directory gives nothing as well.
Also, why does "make install" require root privileges? I tried to
install without "sudo" to try to prevent the temporary install from
making changes to my existing configuration files, but it won't
actually install this way.
--M.
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