More confusion with some different results. NasaRed, i was able to edit the the file Macaroon_Bars.lua line #1061 as you mentioned:
text: "SecureHandlerStateTemplate,SecureHandlerShowHideT emplate"
should be changed to: "SecureHandlerStateTemplate"
I am even more confused now as i no longer get the error message and yet i still don't get two of the bars from the extra package. In one folder of wow i only changed the .lua you advised and in another i downloaded the new PTR extra package and then changed the .lua and neither one gives me the two bars from the extra package. Any more suggestions? I still can't get macaroon to display my bag bar or my bar where i access blizz macros, access interface, join LFG and so on. One solution (i don't like it as it seems inelegant) is to use bartender4 for my bag and interface bar and use macaroon for everything else.