user macports problem after migration to new Mac

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 10, 2015, at 16:42, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Should I be able to see a user “macports” in System Preferences > Users & Groups?
> 
> I see no such. 

Nope, it should be a hidden user, like all the other user accounts MacPorts ports might create. 


> However, under /Users there is a directory “macports” owned by macports:staff. It has with subdirectories Desktop, Documents, …Sites , which are all owned by macports:staff, as is that directory “macports” itself. 
> 
> Each of those subdirectories contains a single file, “.localized”.

There's no reason for /Users/macports to exist. Maybe migration assistant made it. You could delete it. 



> I ask the question because of an issue that arose when I migrated everything fom an old Mac to a new one via a Time Machine backup. Migration Assistant said there was a problem with user macports.
> 
> After migration, there was no directory /opt/local/var/macports, yet the port command seems to work OK, including for upgrading outdated ports.

/opt/local/var/macports is a hidden directory usually I think.