USERS/GROUPS in bsd.port.mk [was: FreeBSD Port: postfix-2.8.4, 1]

[Sahil Tandon]

On Aug 1, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Sahil Tandon <sahil at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 00:04:14 +0200, olli hauer wrote:
> 
>> No, you don't hit the limitation. It seems you really found a bug in
>> the Framework!
>> 
>> From the Framework code in bsd.port.mk existing groups should honored.
> 
> Along those lines, what about using groupmod instead of usermod?
> Perhaps due to my ignorance, it seems more straightforward and does not
> require much sed-fu; I've attached a (probably incomplete) patch to
> illustrate my thinking.  I understand what I am suggesting could
> introduce other problems, so please do not construe it as an as-is
> suggestion, but rather something to stoke discussion.

And it would help if I did not transmit horribly mangled patches!  Sorry about that, please see:

http://people.freebsd.org/~sahil/2011-08-02/bsd.port.mk.diff.txt

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Sahil Tandon