Overwriting config files

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 16, 2007, at 16:15, Brian Matzon wrote:

> I have had some issues lately with upgrades overwriting config  
> files (postfix, apache2).
> Should I create a ticket for these issues, or is this being fixed  
> in this ticket:
> I noticed this ticket: http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ 
> ticket/2365

That ticket is 3 years old and is for general MacPorts functionality  
to support non-volatile default config files. Since it's so old, I  
doubt anything is being done with it at the moment. I'm also not  
convinced any functionality needs to be added to MacPorts base to  
support this.

Many ports already handle this themselves. apache2 does, for the  
httpd.conf file. For the extra configs in apache2, a bug has already  
been filed:

http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/8605

It should be easy to fix, but nobody has done so yet. If you would  
like to submit a patch, that would help move things along.

I don't personally use postfix, and I don't see a ticket filed for  
that. You could contact the maintainer, or file a ticket with more  
details. And of course a patch there would be welcome as well.