dovecot 1.2.11_0 port creates user and group too soon

[poirier@…]

The dovecot port creates the necessary dovecot user and group in post-destroot, at build time on the build system. This fails if the built package is moved to another system, or the user is deleted before it's installed, etc.

I'm thinking doing it at activation time would be more correct, and it seems to work for me.

--- /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/mail/dovecot/Portfile	2010-05-12 04:00:54.000000000 -0400
+++ Portfile	2010-08-13 19:50:40.000000000 -0400
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 configure.cppflags  -I${prefix}/include/openssl
 
-post-destroot {
+post-activate {
     # Create the dovecot user and group
     addgroup dovecot
     set gid [existsgroup dovecot]

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

This would be a perfect use for the add_users option added in MacPorts 2.0.0.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

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