add_users won't?!

[Jeremy Lavergne]

> I'm trying to add a user (with a new group) and I can't get it to work.  Below are the relevant bits from the portfile.
> 
> set mythtvuser		${name}user
> set mythtvgroup		myth
> set mythtvhomedir	${prefix}/var/${mythtvuser}
> add_users ${mythtvuser} group=${mythtvgroup} home=${mythtvhomedir} \
>    passwd=mythtv realname=MythTV_User
> 
> There doesn't seem to be an error message from the add_users line but when I use xinstall in the pre-activate phase, it complains there is no such group.  Also, in System Preferences->Accounts, my user doesn't show up.  (It should, right?)
> 
> If you want to see the full Portfile (with these bits commented-out), go to:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26787680/Portfile.MythTV.2012May16

Just checking: you purposefully commented-out the add_users lines after having run it and not had it commented the whole time, right? :-)

> I notice that other ports, like couchdb and dbus use separate addgroup and adduser functions.  Are these deprecated?

Correct.

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