@lbutlr:
> On 09 Aug 2016, at 09:00, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote:
> > Thanks. The "cp -p" feature was not portable in the days that this =
> script
> > was written, but it should be safe to use now.
> 
> Hmm. I kind of thought that "If the user ID and group ID cannot be =
> preserved, no error message is displayed and the exit value is not =
> altered=E2=80=9D was a bit of a problem, since if a key part of the -p =
> flag fails, there=E2=80=99s no errr condition.

It's not a problem here, because the Postfix installation procedure
will set the ownership and permission bits, and will report any
failures setting those.

        Wietse

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