Re: Confused by what make package should do

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 07:49:02PM +0300, Gleb Popov wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 7:22 PM Matthew Phillips
> <matthew@matthewphillips.info> wrote:
> >
> > The porters handbook says:
> >
> > > Make sure that make package can be run as a normal user (that is, not
> > > as root)
> >
> > However, the default `PREFIX` is /usr/local, and a non-root user cannot
> > install to this folder.
> 
> `make package` only creates the .pkg file. It is `make install` that
> performs the installation.
> 

It definitely is attempting to install in the port I'm working on. The
port's Makefile does not do so when just running `make`. Do you have any
idea why make package would be trying to install?

I also tested against a number of existing ports and it tries to install
things and fails with a normal user. For example in hexchat I get this error:

===>  Switching to root credentials to create /var/db/ports/irc_hexchat
su: Sorry
===> Cannot create /var/db/ports/irc_hexchat, check permissions