FreeBSD Port: acroread7-7.0.0

[Lowell Gilbert]

Trevor Johnson <trevor at jpj.net> writes:

> Bradford Castalia wrote:
> 
> > I've just upgraded from FreeBSD 4.8 to 5.4 and am in the process of
> > restoring the ports/packages that I use.
> [...]
> > idaeim:castalia>> acroread 00_HIROC_AGENDA3.pdf
> >
> > (acroread:1378): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown
> > user id (100)
> 
> I haven't seen that error before.  My guess is that the entry for the user
> castalia is missing from the /etc/master.passwd file.  If you get an error
> message when you run the whois command, I am probably right.  In that
> case, put the proper entry in /etc/passwd by copying it from your old
> passwd file, or by using vipw or adduser.  Then invoke pwd_mkdb to
> regenerate /etc/master.passwd.

I get the problem in a NIS environment.  
Even with my UID in the local passwd file.