On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Watson Ladd <[email protected]> wrote:

> $sudo port install smlnj
> Error: Unable to execute port: could not read
> "/Users/watsonladd/ports/lang/smlnj/Portfile": permission denied
>
> This is very odd: the permissions are 644, and naturally sudo should be
> giving port root permissions which would allow it to do this.
>

MacPorts does not do builds as root, but as the macports user.  Chances are
something along the path (like your home directory) is preventing access to
the macports user.

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