From: Lisper <lispy888@gmail.com>
Subject: fetching and building ports as unprivileged user
To: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 17:16:28 +0200

Instructions to fetch and build a port as a regular user are documented in
bsd.port.mk(5) but when trying to set PORTS_PRIVSEP as explained in the
manpage, all went wrong. I must have missed something.

The install process is reserved to privileged users or root, which is
right, no problem.

But a step-by-step recipe for fetching and building ports as unprivileged
user would be welcome.

lispy