On Jun 25, 2018, at 02:44, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hi, > > installing dbus fails with this message: > > ---> Cleaning dbus > Error: Couldn't activate dbus 1.12.8_2: can't create directory > "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_dbus": > permission denied > > Koreander:~ multix$ ls -l /opt/local/var/macports/ > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root admin 136 Jun 25 09:01 build > > > the build directory is owned by root - could it be that macports user is > trying to use it? We are seeing a lot of reports of this type of problem since the release of MacPorts 2.5. I don't know why.