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and subject line Bug#1055449: fixed in mailman3 3.3.10-5
has caused the Debian Bug report #1055449,
regarding mailman3 systemd service is missing After+Wants for postgresql
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1055449: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1055449
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Package: mailman3
Version: 3.3.8-2~deb12u1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
I upgraded from mailman2 to mailman3.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
I read /usr/share/doc/mailman3/README.Debian, which said nothing about
mariadb as a backend database. During the upgrade/install process, the
scripts said nothing about mariadb, and instead said that sqlite3 was
the default database and postgresql was the recommended database.
I chose postgresql during the upgrade/install.
* What was the outcome of this action?
After fully installing mailman3 (and mailman3-web) and debugging the
installs, the mailman3 systemd service did not automatically start after a
reboot. This failure to start after a reboot happened on at least two
independent reboots.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected the mailman3 systemd service to start automatically after each
reboot.
* Analysis:
The file /lib/systemd/system/mailman3.service includes the lines:
7 ConditionPathExists=/etc/mailman3/mailman.cfg
8 After=mariadb.service
9 Wants=mariadb.service
10
which appear to be the result of fixing bug #1030156:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1030156
Based on info systemd -> info systemd.directives -> info systemd.unit,
these lines look OK, but similar lines for postgresql are needed.
* Suggestion:
Two possibilities to fix this in /lib/systemd/system/mailman3.service ,
as discussed with Christopher Bock on #debian irc, are:
(1) change to
After=mariadb.service postgresql.service
Wants=mariadb.service postgresql.service
or
(2) change to
After=mariadb.service
After=postgresql.service
Wants=mariadb.service
After=postgresql.service
Since sqlite3 does not use systemd, it cannot and does not need to be
added to the systemd service file.
Cheers
Boud
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.2
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages mailman3 depends on:
ii cron 3.0pl1-162
pn dbconfig-sqlite3 | dbconfig-pgsql | dbconfig-mysql | dbconfi <none>
g-no-thanks
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.82
ii init-system-helpers 1.65.2
ii logrotate 3.21.0-1
ii python3 3.11.2-1+b1
ii python3-aiosmtpd 1.4.3-1.1
ii python3-alembic 1.8.1-2
ii python3-authheaders 0.15.2-1
ii python3-authres 1.2.0-3
ii python3-click 8.1.3-2
ii python3-dateutil 2.8.2-2
ii python3-dnspython 2.3.0-1
ii python3-falcon 3.1.1-1+b1
ii python3-flufl.bounce 4.0-3
ii python3-flufl.i18n 3.0.1-3
ii python3-flufl.lock 5.0.1-4
ii python3-gunicorn 20.1.0-6
ii python3-importlib-resources 5.1.2-2
ii python3-lazr.config 2.2.3-3
ii python3-passlib 1.7.4-3
ii python3-psycopg2 2.9.5-1+b1
ii python3-public 2.3-4
ii python3-requests 2.28.1+dfsg-1
ii python3-sqlalchemy 1.4.46+ds1-1
ii python3-zope.component 5.1.0-1
ii python3-zope.configuration 4.4.1-1
ii python3-zope.event 4.4-3
ii python3-zope.interface 5.5.2-1+b1
ii ucf 3.0043+nmu1
Versions of packages mailman3 recommends:
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 3.7.6-0+deb12u2
Versions of packages mailman3 suggests:
pn anacron <none>
ii firefox-esr [www-browser] 115.4.0esr-1~deb12u1
ii links [www-browser] 2.28-1+b2
ii links2 [www-browser] 2.28-1+b2
ii lynx [www-browser] 2.9.0dev.12-1
pn mailman3-doc <none>
ii midori [www-browser] 7.0-2.1
ii postgresql 15+248
-- debconf information:
mailman3/db/app-user: mailman3@localhost
mailman3/remote/newhost:
mailman3/pgsql/authmethod-user: password
mailman3/mysql/admin-user:
mailman3/missing-db-package-error: abort
mailman3/pgsql/admin-user: postgres
mailman3/pgsql/no-empty-passwords:
mailman3/internal/skip-preseed: false
mailman3/dbconfig-reinstall: false
mailman3/upgrade-backup: true
mailman3/remote/port:
mailman3/database-type: pgsql
mailman3/pgsql/method: TCP/IP
mailman3/internal/reconfiguring: false
mailman3/passwords-do-not-match:
mailman3/dbconfig-upgrade: true
mailman3/config_hyperkitty:
mailman3/mysql/authplugin: default
mailman3/pgsql/authmethod-admin: ident
mailman3/upgrade-error: abort
mailman3/dbconfig-remove: true
mailman3/mysql/method: Unix socket
mailman3/db/basepath:
mailman3/purge: false
mailman3/db/dbname: mailman3
mailman3/pgsql/changeconf: false
mailman3/remote/host: localhost
mailman3/init_service_failed:
* mailman3/dbconfig-install: false
mailman3/pgsql/manualconf:
mailman3/install-error: abort
mailman3/remove-error: abort
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: mailman3
Source-Version: 3.3.10-5
Done: Jordi Mallach <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mailman3, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jordi Mallach <[email protected]> (supplier of updated mailman3 package)
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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:06:47 +0200
Source: mailman3
Architecture: source
Version: 3.3.10-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Mailman Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Jordi Mallach <[email protected]>
Closes: 990336 1051957 1055449 1135067
Changes:
mailman3 (3.3.10-5) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Add upstream patch to fix correct rotation of log files.
* logrotate: use systemctl, handle all log files and keep 14 days
(closes: #990336).
* Add postgresql to After and Wants in systemd service file (closes:
#1055449).
* Poll for the REST API instead of a fixed sleep to fix flaky autopkgtest
(closes: #1051957).
* Don't allow autopkgtest failures on riscv64 anymore.
* Avoid output to stderr during failed connection attempts in the curl loop.
* Use publicsuffix data from the Debian package (closes: #1135067).
* Mark upstream patches as Forwarded: not-needed
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