Thanks so much to both of you -- Janne and Stuart -- for your help. I'll try again with the suggested parameters, soon. lispy
On Thu, 14 May 2026 at 09:45, Janne Johansson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2026/05/14 09:03, Janne Johansson wrote: > > > > If you start a ports build as root, it will drop privs to the _pfetch > > > > and _pbuild user for the respective steps, where the _pbuild user is > > > > disallowed to talk network if you use default pf rules. > > > > > > That's not correct. > > > Ports in general is *not* setup to be started as root. > > > > Sorry, my bad. > > I was thinking of dpb, which of course can be used to build > not-just-all-ports but also single ports. > The manpage for that goes: > ... > When dpb is run as root, it uses a privilege drop model instead of the > dangerous privilege elevation model of doas(1). When run as root, by > default, _pbuild is used as the build and log user, and _pfetch is > used > as the fetch user. > > > -- > May the most significant bit of your life be positive. >
