MacPorts updates (mail-server install) apparently messing with installed configuration dates

[Gerben Wierda]

I did an update of postfix, dovecot etc. on Feb 22. This worked fine and everything has been running smoothly since.

However, I just noticed these messages in my postfix log:

Mar 23 10:43:04 mail smtp/smtpd[70713]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/aliases.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/aliases
Mar 23 10:43:04 mail smtp/smtpd[70713]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_sender_canonical.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_sender_canonical
Mar 23 10:43:04 mail smtp/smtpd[70713]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_recipient_overrides.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_recipient_overrides
Mar 23 10:43:04 mail smtp/smtpd[70713]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_virtual_users.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_virtual_users
Mar 23 10:43:05 mail postfix/trivial-rewrite[70715]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_virtual_domains.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_virtual_domains
Mar 23 10:43:05 mail postfix/trivial-rewrite[70715]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/transport.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/transport
Mar 23 10:43:05 mail postfix/cleanup[70716]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_sender_canonical.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_sender_canonical
Mar 23 10:43:05 mail postfix/cleanup[70716]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_recipient_overrides.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_recipient_overrides
Mar 23 10:43:05 mail postfix/cleanup[70716]: warning: database /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_virtual_users.db is older than source file /opt/local/etc/postfix/rna_virtual_users

And what seems to have happened is that the MacPorts maintenance has touched the dates on these files (without actually changing them):

-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin     12144 Feb 22 13:37 aliases
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin     16384 Oct  4 15:53 aliases.db
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel     10519 Feb 22 13:37 aliases.sample

Hmm, that is not nice. It should leave those files such as my aliases file alone. Probably a fix/check for ownership?

Is this something that is fixable in the port or is this something inherent in the way MacPorts work when installing?

(Same happened with dovecot. I have been using the mail-server port as an umbrella, so it might have been that one)

G
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