id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc port 49501 Spaces and Backslashes in Group Names citibob@… macports-tickets@… "I'm installing MacPorts non-root. Unfortunately, my group name has a space and backslash in it. This cannot be changed at my organization: {{{ > whoami johndoe > id -g -n `whoami` NDC\Domain Users }}} MacPorts doesn't work when you try to ./configure and then make install. I currently have a workaround; the general idea is to use a numeric group ID instead of group name. First, I configure as follows (Python code here): {{{ user_info = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()) self.pw_name = user_info[0] # pw_name self.pw_gid = user_info[3] # pw_gid cmd = ['./configure', '--enable-readline', '--prefix={}'.format(self.dest_dir), '--with-install-user={}'.format(self.pw_name), '--with-install-group={}'.format(self.pw_gid)] self.run_cmd(cmd, cwd=self.src_dir) }}} Then I apply the following patches on the generated files before running make: {{{ file_replace(os.path.join(self.src_dir, 'doc/base.mtree'), 'gname', 'gid') file_replace(os.path.join(self.src_dir, 'doc/prefix.mtree'), 'gname', 'gid') file_replace(os.path.join(self.src_dir, 'doc/macosx.mtree'), 'uname=root gname=wheel', 'uname={} gid={}'.format(self.pw_name, self.pw_gid)) file_replace(os.path.join(self.src_dir, 'doc/macosx.mtree'), 'uname=root gname=admin', 'uname={} gid={}'.format(self.pw_name, self.pw_gid)) }}} Would it be possible to update the core MacPorts so this patching is not required? Also... a similar fix would probably be needed for those poor souls with backslashes or spaces in their username. " defect closed Low MacPorts 2.9.0 base 2.3.4 fixed haspatch ryandesign chucko58 neverpanic Dave-Allured