leafnode fails to install: chown: _news: Invalid argument

[barracuda156]

Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/leafnode-1.12.0" && /usr/bin/make -w install prefix=/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local 
make: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/leafnode-1.12.0'
/usr/bin/make 'LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch ppc' install-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/leafnode-1.12.0'
Making install in .
make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/leafnode-1.12.0'
make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/leafnode-1.12.0'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/bin'
  /usr/bin/install -c newsq leafnode-version '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/bin'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/sbin'
  /usr/bin/install -c leafnode fetchnews texpire checkgroups applyfilter '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/sbin'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/etc/leafnode'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 config.example filters.example '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/etc/leafnode'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 newsq.1 leafnode-version.1 '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/share/man/man1'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/share/man/man8'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 applyfilter.8 checkgroups.8 fetchnews.8 leafnode.8 texpire.8 '/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/share/man/man8'
/usr/bin/make 'LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch ppc' install-data-hook
make[4]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/leafnode-1.12.0'
set -e ; for i in "" /leaf.node /failed.postings /interesting.groups \
		/out.going /message.id /temp.files ; do \
        mkdir -p /opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/var/spool/news$i ; \
	if ./amiroot ; then \
	 chown _news:_news /opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/var/spool/news/$i ; \
	 chmod 2775      /opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/destroot/opt/local/var/spool/news/$i ; fi ; \
	done
chown: _news: Invalid argument
make[4]: *** [install-data-hook] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/leafnode-48eb0ac1/work/leafnode-1.12.0'
make[3]: *** [install-data-am] Error 2

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Do you have a _news user and group? The add_users line in the portfile should have arranged for those to be created.