GRASS does not start if $HOME is not writable

[dlejay (Damien Lejay)]

If $HOME has permissions 555, then typing grass gives

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/local/bin/grass", line 474, in get_grass_config_dir
    os.mkdir(directory)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/damien/.grass8'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/local/bin/grass", line 2770, in <module>
    main()
  File "/opt/local/bin/grass", line 2453, in main
    grass_config_dir = get_grass_config_dir()
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/local/bin/grass", line 479, in get_grass_config_dir
    _("Failed to create configuration directory '%s' with error: %s")
    ^
NameError: name '_' is not defined

Is this related to Macports or should I write an issue with GRASS directly?

[nilason (Nicklas Larsson)]

GRASS depends on a read-writable directory .grass8, which on non-Windows platforms is located in $HOME. This is how GRASS (presently) work, you may file a ticket at ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues or create the directory manually with the necessary permissions (for me, by default, it is 755).

[nilason (Nicklas Larsson)]

Replying to nilason:

GRASS depends on a read-writable directory .grass8, which on non-Windows platforms is located in $HOME. This is how GRASS (presently) work, you may file a ticket at ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues or create the directory manually with the necessary permissions (for me, by default, it is 755).

This issue has been reported ​upstreams, the ticket may be closed.