Re: Confused by what make package should do

Matthew Phillips:
> 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?

is it trying to install the port itself, or its dependencies?

it will always try to install the dependencies before building the port,
but you can pre-install these (as root) before running 'make package',
after which 'make package' shouldn't require any privileges to run.

(i am fairly sure i've done it this way in the past, although tbh it's
been a while since i tested it.)