The --portable option should imply --disable-ownership.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ad382692..6b050528b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ if (defined $opt_portable) {
 	$config{MODULE_DIR}  = $opt_module_dir  // 'modules';
 	$config{RUNTIME_DIR} = $opt_runtime_dir // $config{DATA_DIR};
 	$config{SCRIPT_DIR}  = $opt_script_dir  // $config{BASE_DIR};
+	$opt_disable_ownership = 1;
 } elsif (defined $opt_system) {
 	$config{BASE_DIR}    = $opt_prefix      // '/';
 	$config{BINARY_DIR}  = $opt_binary_dir  // catdir $config{BASE_DIR}, 'usr/bin';
diff --git a/make/configure.pm b/make/configure.pm
index f8126819c..6e5f2ffbe 100644
--- a/make/configure.pm
+++ b/make/configure.pm
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ non-interactive configuration is started and any omitted values are defaulted.
 <|GREEN PATH OPTIONS|>
 
   <|BOLD --portable|>                    Automatically set up the installation paths for
-                                portable installation.
+                                portable installation. This implies --disable-ownership.
   <|BOLD --system|>                      Automatically set up the installation paths for
                                 system-wide installation.
   <|BOLD --prefix <DIR>|>                The root install directory. If this is set then