diff --git a/news/sn/Makefile b/news/sn/Makefile
index 4eb12c334693..b8d9d9909514 100644
--- a/news/sn/Makefile
+++ b/news/sn/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	sn
 PORTVERSION=	0.3.8
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	news
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.infa.abo.fi/~patrik/sn/files/ \
 		http://home.arcor.de/teambushido/fbsd_ports/ \
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ post-patch:
 		s|/bin/bash|${LOCALBASE}/bin/bash|' \
 			${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
-pre-install:
-	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/spool/news
-
 post-install:
+	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/spool/news
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S|^|${WRKSRC}/|} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
diff --git a/news/sn/pkg-plist b/news/sn/pkg-plist
index e5372067d4bf..e3dc92ee4646 100644
--- a/news/sn/pkg-plist
+++ b/news/sn/pkg-plist
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ sbin/snscan
 sbin/snsend
 sbin/snsplit
 sbin/snstore
-@exec /bin/mkdir /var/spool/news
-@unexec rmdir /var/spool/news 2>/dev/null ||( echo "===>  If you don't plan to use them later, you can safely remove /var/spool/news. Deinstall process kept these files intact:" | fmt && for i in $(find /var/spool/news -type f); do echo "    - $i"; done)
+@dir /var/spool/news
+@postunexec [ ! -d /var/spool/news ] || ( echo "===>  If you don't plan to use them later, you can safely remove /var/spool/news. Deinstall process kept these files intact:" | fmt && for i in $(find /var/spool/news -type f); do echo "    - $i"; done)