make install fails as non-root even with different --prefix and --with-tclpackage (chown/chgrp error with ${prefix}/etc/macports)

[ryandesign@…]

You should be able to configure, make and install MacPorts into a prefix under your user's control, and not have to use root to install it. But this doesn't work because the Makefile in the config directory is still trying to change the owner of ${prefix}/etc/macports to root:

$ PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin ./configure \
--prefix=/tmp/macports \
--with-tclpackage=/tmp/macports/share/macports/Tcl
[snip]
$ make
[snip]
$ make install
[snip]
===> making install in config
/usr/bin/install -c -d -o root -g admin -m 0755 /tmp/macports/etc/macports
install: chown 0:80 /tmp/macports/etc/macports: Operation not permitted
/usr/bin/install -c -o root -g admin -m 644 mp_version /tmp/macports/etc/macports
install: /tmp/macports/etc/macports/mp_version: chown/chgrp: Operation not permitted
make[1]: *** [install] Error 71
make: *** [install] Error 1
$

[afb@…]

can you use the --with-install-user option to configure ?

[ryandesign@…]

Sorry, yes, adding --with-install-user=me --with-install-group=me works fine. I forgot that was necessary.