On 2017-07-18, multiplex'd <multipl...@gmx.com> wrote: > Thank you for explaining; I suspected the reasoning was such. Speaking > specifically > about ports, is there a way to start a port build as root and then drop > priviledges > (in a similar manner to the base system's build infrastructure)? A quick > glance > through bsd.port.mk(5) suggests that this isn't (yet) possible. (A possible > workaround > is to run "make fetch" as a normal user, "make prepare" as root and "make > build" as > normal user etc, however if there are dependencies which need to be built at > the "make > prepare" stage then they are built as root.)
dpb(8) handles this automatically, but it's a pain when you're starting work on a new port from scratch especially if you don't have a particularly clean ports tree.
