> Am 31.12.2020 um 19:41 schrieb Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org>:
> 
> On Dec 31, 2020, at 09:49, Janosch Peters wrote:
> 
>> I think the home folder of the macports user should be owned by macports, no?
> 
> No, it is intentional that ports cannot write to that home directory. We do 
> not want it to fill up with junk.
> 
> When a port is installed, MacPorts creates a new home directory just for that 
> port, within the port's work directory. MacPorts sets the HOME environment 
> variable to the path to that directory. Most tools honor that environment 
> variable. If the tool you are using does not honor that, you could file that 
> as a bug with the authors of that tool.

Ok. Thanks for clarifying. I filed a bug for Carthage: 
https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage/issues/3101

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