Issues with permissions

Sometimes, when I'm updating a package, i get a message like, i.e.:
Different file permissions for /xxx/xxx
Package: 777
Disk (or filesystem, i can't remember): 755
What is the common way to approach this issue?
Should I chmod the directory recursively or the files so the permissions will be the ones of the package?
Is there any utility for fixig the overall system's permissions?, AFAIK, fsck checks other type of errors.......... which maintenance procedures should i periodically do to ensure the system's health?
Thanks!

Terminator wrote:
You can find the exact warnings by checking pacman.log.
cat /var/log/pacman.log | grep warning
However, it's nothing to worry about.
You might want to save the cat + see what the permissions were:
$ grep -A1 "directory permissions" /var/log/pacman.log
[2012-06-04 23:13] warning: directory permissions differ on var/games/
filesystem: 755 package: 775
[2012-06-09 21:55] warning: directory permissions differ on var/games/
filesystem: 755 package: 775
[2012-06-20 00:02] warning: directory permissions differ on var/games/
filesystem: 755 package: 775
[2012-06-22 19:16] warning: directory permissions differ on var/games/
filesystem: 755 package: 775
I see that it's a recurring issue.

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