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On Apr 10, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote:

> So it makes a copy to the config file from the .dist one on  
> installation and removes the config if it is equal to the .dist one  
> on deinstallation. It may be the case that you have to do the same  
> thing in the port Makefile too (when @exec isn't executed when  
> installing from source). Another alternative would be a pkg-(de) 
> install script which handles the removal in the pre-deinstall case  
> and the copy in the post-install case.
>

The mail/postfix port does this for a handful of config files.  It  
really upsets people and confuses them when you hide their config  
files or delete them.