On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:19:37AM GMT, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> Hi Raf,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:02:58 +0000
> Raf Czlonka <rczlo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 03:03:15PM GMT, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> > > OpenBSD 5.8-stable.
> > >
> > > I tried following the instructions in ports(7)
> > > and the FAQ to build ports as an ordinary user.
> > > I added to /etc/mk.conf:
> > >
> > > WRKOBJDIR=/usr/obj/ports
> > > DISTDIR=/usr/distfiles
> > > PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=/usr/packages
> >
> > If you leave the defaults and don't explicitly set any of the above,
> > all the relevant directories will be under /usr/ports, which can
> > make your life easier (see below):
> >
> > PORTSDIR=/usr/ports
> > DISTDIR=${PORTSDIR}/distfiles
> > WRKOBJDIR=${PORTSDIR}/pobj
> > PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=${PORTSDIR}/packages
>
> But if I do this I have to make /usr/ports writable by my
> user. Or parts thereof. See below.
>
> > > I then tried to build a port with:
> > >
> > > make package LOCKDIR= BULK=Yes
> > >
> > > I got permission errors writing the package list
> > > since my user does not have permissions to write
> > > in /usr/ports/. Apologies, I did not copy the
> > > exact error.
> >
> > This is not a bug - the FAQ clearly states[0] what you need to do.
>
> I followed the FAQ where it says:
>
> It is possible to use a read-only ports tree by separating directories
> that are written to during port building:
>
> The working directory of ports. This is controlled by the WRKOBJDIR
> variable, which specifies the directory which will contain the
> working directories. The directory containing distribution files.
> This is controlled by the DISTDIR variable. The directory
> containing newly built binary packages. This is controlled by the
> PACKAGE_REPOSITORY variable.
>
> For example, you could add the following lines to /etc/mk.conf:
>
> WRKOBJDIR=/usr/obj/ports
> DISTDIR=/usr/distfiles
> PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=/usr/packages
>
> If desired, you can also change the ownership of these directories to
> your local username and group, so that the ports system can create the
> underlying working directories as a regular user.
>
> But the above is wrong, since setting PACKAGE_REPOSITORY is not
> enough. If you follow the above you must be root (unless
> frobbing the ownership of /usr/ports). In any case /usr/ports
> is written to, although not the subdirectories that come in the
> ports tarball.
>
> Of course it may not be possible to both build ports as an ordinary
> user and have a read-only /usr/ports/ -- but this is not clear
> from the FAQ. Hence my email.
>
> Regards,
>
> Karl <k...@meme.com>
> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
> -- Robert A. Heinlein
You have included a link which seems you have missed. Read it, please.
Aslo, moving this to ports@
Raf
