Installing redis fails because of failure to add user redis

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apb15

I wanted to install the database package redis using the install in ports. However, I get the following error:
Code: 
/usr/ports/databases/redis
>># make install clean
===>  Installing for redis-2.4.8
===>   redis-2.4.8 depends on shared library: execinfo.1 - found
===>   Generating temporary packing list
===>  Checking if databases/redis already installed
===> Creating users and/or groups.
Using existing group `redis'.
Creating user `redis' with uid `535'.
pw: user 'redis' already exists
*** Error code 74

Stop in /usr/ports/databases/redis.

I seem to get a similar type of error when installing eclipse:
Code: 
Added group "avahi".
pw: user 'avahi' disappeared during update
Adding user "avahi" failed...
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/net/avahi-app.

===>>> Installation of avahi-app-0.6.29_1 (net/avahi-app) failed
===>>> Aborting update

===>>> Update for net/avahi-app failed
===>>> Aborting update

===>>> Update for devel/gnome-vfs failed
===>>> Aborting update

===>>> Update for java/eclipse failed
===>>> Aborting update

Any idea what I have to do to fix this?

The error message was similar for redis. After the first failure I tried to run make install again and this time I got the error message redis already exists. This was because of the first failure and the user redis now exists in my /etc/passwd.

Thanks.
 
Code: 
pw group del redis
pw user del redis

And try again.
 
Thanks, this worked. I do have a followup question: any idea why this would fail? I did not have a user redis or a group redis before. Here is the sequence of what I did:
  • I ran portmaster databases/redis This failed because it was unable to add user redis as it 'disappeared during the update'.
  • Then I attempted to run make install in the ports/databases/redis directory.
    This failed because now user redis already exists.
  • Finally I deleted the redis user and group and ran make install This succeeded.
Any idea why my first call to portmaster would fail in the first place?
 
No idea why it failed in the first place. Perhaps it incorrectly created the account.
 
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