Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:45:23 -0400 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: "Lester A. Mesa" <netadmin@primex.prontel.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems creating a port Message-ID: <20000625154523.E85886@argon.gryphonsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <001901bfddf9$8c69c380$a956e3d8@workstation9>; from netadmin@primex.prontel.net on Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 12:30:44PM -0400 References: <001901bfddf9$8c69c380$a956e3d8@workstation9>
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On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 12:30:44PM -0400, Lester A. Mesa wrote: > For the port to work i need to add a user and a group. I did this by using > the following: > pre-configure: > pw groupadd group; \ > pw useradd username -d /home/username -m -g group -s /bin/sh -h fd You should avoid putting things requiring root in pre-configure and such, unless absolutely necessary. If you must, then also check to make sure the user running make will get errors in pre-fetch if they are not root. > Any ideas on how can i ignore the pw group already exists error? Yes. Check to make sure the group doesn't exist first. Do this by using ``pw groupshow $GID'' and make sure pw exit code is 0. For reference, it will exit with code 65 if the group does not exist. -- Will Andrews <andrewsw@purdue.edu> <will@FreeBSD.org> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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