On Jan 20, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. This is probably the issue. I personally set up ACLs giving the macports user access to my ports tree, so I can keep the permissions on my home directory suitably tight. vq
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