Re: Using Macports as non-root?

2011-06-27 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jun 27, 2011, at 21:48, Kevin Reid wrote: > On Jun 27, 2011, at 19:36, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: > >> Is there a good way to use macports as a non-root user for everything >> except the install? >> >> Or, is there a way to limit the installation functions to a single >> setuid prog

Re: Using Macports as non-root?

2011-06-27 Thread Kevin Reid
On Jun 27, 2011, at 19:36, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: > Is there a good way to use macports as a non-root user for everything > except the install? > > Or, is there a way to limit the installation functions to a single > setuid program? It is possible but unsupported. You have to build

Using Macports as non-root?

2011-06-27 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
Is there a good way to use macports as a non-root user for everything except the install? Or, is there a way to limit the installation functions to a single setuid program? ... something about routinely going root to compile or edit, etc, really makes me worried about typeos. -- Political and e

Re: Qemu, SDL: What's the proper way to report a missing dependency?

2011-06-27 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
Ok, I'd like some advice here. Qemu has some cocoa support built in. But it warns that it is not complete, and see the mailing list archives for details. Qemu, using core audio drivers, triggers a kernel driver problem on PPC 10.5.8, at least on my iBook. (Seriously, I've had to turn my machine o

Re: What is the proper way to maintain a local port file?

2011-06-27 Thread Bjarne D Mathiesen
Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: > > On Jun 27, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Bjarne D Mathiesen wrote: > >> >> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/AdvancedDailyAdm > > \${2} : install prefix ( default /macports ) > > This is not the MacPorts default prefix. The default prefix is /opt/local. I know tha

Re: What is the proper way to maintain a local port file?

2011-06-27 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Jun 27, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Bjarne D Mathiesen wrote: > Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: What is the proper way to maintain a local port? 2. Modifying an existing port. >>> >>> 2) keeping local patches >>> (2) can be a bit of a pain in the ass, but has the advantage that you

Re: What is the proper way to maintain a local port file?

2011-06-27 Thread Bjarne D Mathiesen
Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: >>> What is the proper way to maintain a local port? >>> >>> 2. Modifying an existing port. >> >> 2) keeping local patches >> (2) can be a bit of a pain in the ass, but has the advantage that you'll >> discover when and if the official port breaks your patch. >>

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-27 Thread Arno Hautala
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 03:09, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: > > What is archive mode? Archive mode packages the destroot before installing and then stores this archive (as a tarball I think by default). You can then transfer these packages to another MacPorts installation and MP will untar

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-27 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
>From the changelog: 83 - Port images are now stored as archives. Archive mode is now effectively 84always on. Among other benefits, this fixes some bugs with the handling 85of hard links installed by ports (e.g. #13601). 86 87Direct mode is no

Re: What is the proper way to maintain a local port file?

2011-06-27 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
>> What is the proper way to maintain a local port? >> >> 2. Modifying an existing port. > > 2) keeping local patches > (2) can be a bit of a pain in the ass, but has the advantage that you'll > discover when and if the official port breaks your patch. > > I've got procedures and scripts to handle