Re: Cannot build with root, cannot build with user

Just mount /usr/ports with wxallowed.

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On 29 January 2022 19:52:17 fossy@dnmx.org wrote:

> Hello, hacker Omar.
>
>> If space is a concern, you can just move the pobj directory (by setting
>> WRKOBJDIR in mk.conf.) For ports like 0ad you still need to have the
>> partition that holds WRKOBJDIR mounted with wxallowed.
>
> Soo what do you think about /usr/local ? It has wxallowed :/
> I think I tried something similar.. or not.. I have poor memory.
>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Omar Polo
>
> Thank you for your time,
> fossy
>
>
>> anyway, without the actual output is difficult to see what it went
>> wrong. clean everything, try to fix the permissions (`make
>> fix-permissions') and attach the build log
>
> I understand. I did read about the fix-permissions in the man page, but
> didn't understand where it goes.. probably my fault for not reading 100%
> of it.. thank you, I will try that tomorrow.
>
>> fossy@dnmx.org writes:
>>
>>> Okay, so.. I am new to this, but I did read a few man pages.
>>> Everything seems to install well until the build process - it says that
>>> I
>>> cannot run it as root because it would mess up permissions (which is
>>> good
>>> to stop there), but then I cannot even run it as a normal user because
>>> the
>>> directory ports/pobj/locks is owned by root:wheel..
>>>
>>> The package in-question is 0ad, which also seems to brake because it
>>> cannot set a few things, on the 7.0 GENERIC.MP#232 amd64 release(?) OS.
>>>
>>> I compiled another package just fine..
>>> And this was when the ports directory was on /usr/ports, and with the
>>> above (0AD) port, I got a new ports tree, to the /usr/local/ports
>>> because
>>> I have more storage space on that partition, and also because it has the
>>> "wxallowed" flag for whatever reason it was needed.
>>
>> 0ad needs wxallowed because of its bundled copy of spidermonkey which
>> needs it :/
>>
>> not directly linked to your problem, but I'd suggest against moving
>> PORTSDIR. There are some scripts in infrastructure/bin (portcheck IIRC)
>> that doesn't handle a custom PORTSDIR (I may be wrong).
>>
>> If space is a concern, you can just move the pobj directory (by setting
>> WRKOBJDIR in mk.conf.) For ports like 0ad you still need to have the
>> partition that holds WRKOBJDIR mounted with wxallowed.
>>
>> anyway, without the actual output is difficult to see what it went
>> wrong. clean everything, try to fix the permissions (`make
>> fix-permissions') and attach the build log
>>
>>> /etc/mk.conf :
>>> PORTSDIR=/usr/local/ports
>>> DISTDIR=/usr/distfiles
>>> PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=/usr/packages
>>>
>>> Have a nice day, I hope I helped, even if it's a bit.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Omar Polo
>>
>>