On 2011-7-30 16:16 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Jul 30, 2011, at 01:12, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> I meant to actually read the base code before sending that. Obviously I now >> see where the Makefile uses dseditgroup -o create to create the group first. >> Problem is "sudo dseditgroup -o create -n . macports" succeeds with exit >> status 0 but no group is created. > > What's the reason to use dseditgroup here in the Makefile to create the > group? portutil.tcl uses dscl to create groups, and that seems to have always > worked before.
That's what the makefile already used in the group target, plus it seemed more convenient because you don't have to find a free gid yourself. The man page [1] claims that this should work even on Tiger; does using -v give any more info? - Josh [1] <http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/10.4/man8/dseditgroup.8.html> _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
