[MacPorts] #41039: Installing MacPorts on Mavericks Renames "staff" Group To "macports"

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#41039: Installing MacPorts on Mavericks Renames "staff" Group To "macports"
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  Reporter:  roberthuston@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  base            |    Version:  2.2.1
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:                  |
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Comment (by roberthuston@…):

 Digging more into the installer targets of the MacPorts project Makefile,
 the installation process creates a MacPorts user and a macports group. The
 user ID will be the next available ID, but the group ID ends up being 20,
 which is also the same ID used for staff.

 Is this a misuse of gid's or is it the correct UNIX way. Either way, I
 sometimes see things as "staff" and other times as "macports," usually
 after running the port command itself.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41039#comment:5>
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