leafnode @1.11.8_2: destroot fails with "chown: _news: illegal user name"

[darylew@…]

I tried building leafnode on my MacBook Air and got:

Daryle-MacBook-Air:~ daryle$ sudo port install leafnode
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for leafnode
--->  Fetching archive for leafnode
--->  Attempting to fetch leafnode-1.11.8_2.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/leafnode
--->  Attempting to fetch leafnode-1.11.8_2.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/leafnode
--->  Attempting to fetch leafnode-1.11.8_2.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/leafnode
--->  Fetching distfiles for leafnode
--->  Attempting to fetch leafnode-1.11.8.tar.bz2 from http://superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net/leafnode
--->  Verifying checksums for leafnode
--->  Extracting leafnode
--->  Configuring leafnode
--->  Building leafnode
--->  Staging leafnode into destroot
Error: org.macports.destroot for port leafnode returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port leafnode for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_news_leafnode/leafnode/main.log
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Error: Processing of port leafnode failed

Running port clean and rebuilding got the same results. I'm attaching the log.

[neverpanic (Clemens Lang)]

I think r116096 fixed that. Please run selfupdate, try again and re-open the ticket, if the build fails again.