Re: creating a user before configuration

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Hannes Sowa wrote:

> Hello!

Hello!

You've been bitten by a common venacular difference. What is called a port
on FreeBSD or OpenBSD is a package on NetBSD. Packages are discussed on
tech-pkg, the list you should post this question to. This list discusses
porting NetBSD to new hardware systems.

Take care,

Bill

> I need to create a user before the configuration of the port starts.
> I have written in my Makefile:
>
> pre-configure:
>         ${GROUPADD} -g 89 vchkpw;                               \
>         ${USERADD} -g vchkpw -u 89 -d ${VPOPMAILDIR} vpopmail   \
>         cd ${WRKSRC};                                           \
>         ${LOCALBASE}/bin/aclocal;                               \
>         ${LOCALBASE}/bin/autoheader;                            \
>         ${LOCALBASE}/bin/automake -a --foreign -i;              \
>         ${LOCALBASE}/bin/autoconf
>
> Would that be acceptable or is there a better method to do that?
>
>
> Thanks and bye,
>
> Hannes Sowa
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