i had a problem recently with compiling ports as a normal user, and it was
pointed out to me i needed to be in group wsrc. the relevant part of ports(7)
is:
install, and so on all the way to fetch. In typical use, one will only
run install explicitly (as normal user, with SUDO defined in
/etc/mk.conf), or build (as user), then install (as root).
i replied with a patch for the ports(7) page to include the fact of the user
needs to be in wsrc, but since it was at the tail end of that subject, it
likely got missed/ignored there.
so to avoid future confusions for others (after all, i did RTFM!), the patch
changes the above to:
install, and so on all the way to fetch. In typical use, one will run
install explicitly (as normal user, in group wsrc, with SUDO defined in
/etc/mk.conf), or build (as user), then install (as root).
there was nothing in mandoc(7) specifically for noting a group, so i bolded it.
i also took out the 'only' as that does not seem to be gramatically valid here.
--- ports.7 Mon Sep 8 02:45:35 2014
+++ ports.7.new Tue Oct 14 02:29:30 2014
@@ -228,9 +228,11 @@ by
.Ar install ,
and so on all the way to
.Ar fetch .
-In typical use, one will only run
+In typical use, one will run
.Ar install
-explicitly (as normal user, with
+explicitly (as normal user, in group
+.Sy wsrc ,
+with
.Ev SUDO
defined in
.Pa /etc/mk.conf ) ,
