[MacPorts] #19590: selfupdate fails

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#19590: selfupdate fails
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 Reporter:  ali_kaylan@…            |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                    |     Version:  1.7.0                                
 Keywords:  "unknown group" 501     |        Port:                                       
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Changes (by blb@…):

  * component:  ports => base


Old description:

> after installing the software with the finder and executing:
>
> sudo port -d selfupdate
>
> installation fails with:
>
> [ ! -f /opt/local/etc/macports/mp_version ] || rm -vf
> /opt/local/etc/macports/mp_version
> ===> making install in doc
> /usr/bin/install -c -d -o root -g 501 -m 755 /opt/local
> /usr/bin/install -c -d -o root -g 501 -m 755 /opt/local/etc/macports
> cat prefix.mtree | /usr/sbin/mtree -U -e -p /opt/local > /dev/null
> mtree: line 6: unknown group 501
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> make: *** [install] Error 1

New description:

 after installing the software with the finder and executing:

 sudo port -d selfupdate

 installation fails with:
 {{{
 [ ! -f /opt/local/etc/macports/mp_version ] || rm -vf
 /opt/local/etc/macports/mp_version
 ===> making install in doc
 /usr/bin/install -c -d -o root -g 501 -m 755 /opt/local
 /usr/bin/install -c -d -o root -g 501 -m 755 /opt/local/etc/macports
 cat prefix.mtree | /usr/sbin/mtree -U -e -p /opt/local > /dev/null
 mtree: line 6: unknown group 501
 make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
 make: *** [install] Error 1
 }}}

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Comment:

 Odd that a root install would be using a user group (501); how did you
 first install MacPorts, DMG, from source, something else?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19590#comment:1>
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