dovecot on -current

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

Trying to install dovecot on -current, I got this:


=> Running PRE-INSTALL script actions
dovecot-1.1.14: Creating group ``dovecot''
dovecot-1.1.14: Creating user ``dovecot''
useradd: Warning: home directory `/nonexistent' doesn't exist, and -m was not 
specified
pwd_mkdb: databases are laid out according to an old version
pwd_mkdb: re-build the databases without -u
useradd: Can't add user `dovecot': pw_mkdb failed
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The following users need to be created for dovecot-1.1.14:

dovecot: dovecot, /nonexistent, /sbin/nologin

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*** Error code 1



        --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb