This problem happens when during development 'make install' fails due to, for example, a duplicate file conflict.

I don't think this is the right fix.

In D13798#289393, @mat wrote:

I don't think this is the right fix.

1. It accomplishes the cleanup, which is obviously missing in this place
2. Tests confirm that it solves the original problem.

So, what is exactly not right about it?

These files do not need root permissions. I suggest we fix THAT.

In D13798#294715, @bdrewery wrote:

These files do not need root permissions. I suggest we fix THAT.

Once the make install command runs as root, it creates them with root credentials. It is possible to create them with credentials matching the work directory. But besides looking a bit stilted, this also has a downside of leaving these temporary files in case of failure.

I've run into this bug many times before. Thank you for bringing this up Yuri.

In D13798#294776, @yuri wrote:

In D13798#294715, @bdrewery wrote:

These files do not need root permissions. I suggest we fix THAT.

Once the make install command runs as root, it creates them with root credentials.

This begs the question if create-manifest really needs to be in _INSTALL_SUSEQ (as part of fake-pkg) or if it can simply be in _INSTALL_SEQ?

Something like

diff --git a/Mk/bsd.port.mk b/Mk/bsd.port.mk
index 3db728b11168..cd6f75c10fd8 100644
--- a/Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -4671,7 +4671,7 @@ flavors-package-names: .PHONY
 STAGE_ARGS=		-i ${STAGEDIR}
 
 .if !defined(NO_PKG_REGISTER)
-fake-pkg: create-manifest
+fake-pkg:
 .if defined(INSTALLS_DEPENDS)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>   Registering installation for ${PKGNAME} as automatic"
 .else
@@ -5410,8 +5410,9 @@ _TEST_SEQ=		100:test-message 150:test-depends 300:pre-test 500:do-test \
 				${_OPTIONS_test} ${_USES_test}
 _INSTALL_DEP=	stage
 _INSTALL_SEQ=	100:install-message \
-				200:check-already-installed
-_INSTALL_SUSEQ=	300:fake-pkg 500:security-check
+				200:check-already-installed \
+				300:create-manifest
+_INSTALL_SUSEQ=	301:fake-pkg 500:security-check
 
 _PACKAGE_DEP=	stage
 _PACKAGE_SEQ=	100:package-message 300:pre-package 450:pre-package-script \

In D13798#294796, @tobik wrote:

I've run into this bug many times before. Thank you for bringing this up Yuri.

In D13798#294776, @yuri wrote:

In D13798#294715, @bdrewery wrote:

These files do not need root permissions. I suggest we fix THAT.

Once the make install command runs as root, it creates them with root credentials.

This begs the question if create-manifest really needs to be in _INSTALL_SUSEQ (as part of fake-pkg) or if it can simply be in _INSTALL_SEQ?

I don't have time to review at the moment but I think you're right that it doesn't need to be in SUSEQ.

In D13798#289472, @yuri wrote:

In D13798#289393, @mat wrote:

I don't think this is the right fix.

1. It accomplishes the cleanup, which is obviously missing in this place
2. Tests confirm that it solves the original problem.

So, what is exactly not right about it?

Because you're fixing the symptoms, not the cause.

Tested on a couple of ports, I cannot see any harm it can do.