[MacPorts] #49501: Spaces and Backslashes in Group Names

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#49501: Spaces and Backslashes in Group Names
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 Reporter:  citibob@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Low        |  Milestone:
Component:  base       |    Version:  2.3.4
 Keywords:             |       Port:
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 I'm installing MacPorts non-root.  Unfortunately, my group name has a
 space and backslash in it.  This cannot be changed at my organization:

 {{{
 > whoami
 johndoe
 > id -g -n `whoami`
 NDC\Domain Users
 }}}

 MacPorts doesn't work when you try to ./configure and then make install.
 I currently have a workaround; the general idea is to use a numeric group
 ID instead of group name.  First, I configure as follows (Python code
 here):

 {{{
 user_info = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())
 self.pw_name = user_info[0] # pw_name
 self.pw_gid =  user_info[3] # pw_gid


 cmd = ['./configure', '--enable-readline',
      '--prefix={}'.format(self.dest_dir),
      '--with-install-user={}'.format(self.pw_name),
      '--with-install-group={}'.format(self.pw_gid)]

 self.run_cmd(cmd, cwd=self.src_dir)
 }}}

 Then I apply the following patches on the generated files before running
 make:

 {{{
 file_replace(os.path.join(self.src_dir, 'doc/base.mtree'), 'gname', 'gid')
 file_replace(os.path.join(self.src_dir, 'doc/prefix.mtree'), 'gname',
 'gid')

 file_replace(os.path.join(self.src_dir, 'doc/macosx.mtree'),
     'uname=root gname=wheel', 'uname={} gid={}'.format(self.pw_name,
 self.pw_gid))
 file_replace(os.path.join(self.src_dir, 'doc/macosx.mtree'),
     'uname=root gname=admin', 'uname={} gid={}'.format(self.pw_name,
 self.pw_gid))
 }}}

 Would it be possible to update the core MacPorts so this patching is not
 required?  Also... a similar fix would probably be needed for those poor
 souls with backslashes or spaces in their username.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49501>
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