add_users won't?!

[Craig Treleaven]

At 8:09 AM -0400 5/16/12, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>At 7:41 AM -0400 5/16/12, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
>>  > 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? 
>>:-)
>
>Right--I may be new but even I know that commented-out lines don't 
>execute!  ;)
>
>>  > I notice that other ports, like couchdb and dbus use separate 
>>addgroup and adduser functions.  Are these deprecated?
>>
>>Correct.

Anybody?  I'm using MacPorts v. 2.0.4, BTW.