it sounds to me like you have an old version of python. get 2.2 from www.python.org, and see if that fixes your problems..
-tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 2:26 PM Subject: [Mailman-Users] Installation problem > Hi, > > I have not been able to install Mailman, and I'm hoping someone out there > may be able to offer some helpful advice. > > Configuration: I'm on a Sun workstation with Solaris 8, and running NIS. I > have created a user called mailman, and a group called mailman. The > mailman user is listed in the local passwd file, i.e. /etc/passwd/. The > mailman home directory is /usersm/mailman, and it is owned by user > mailman. The setgid bit is set on this directory. I am logged in as user > mailman when I try to run the installation. > > The problem is that when I run ./configure --prefix=/usersm/mailman, it > fails with the following error messages: > > checking for --with-username... mailman > checking for mailman UID... Traceback (most recent call last): > File "conftest.py", line 1, in ? > import pwd, string > ImportError: No module named pwd > cat: cannot open conftest.out > > configure: error: > ***** No "mailman" user found! > ***** Your system must have a "mailman" user defined > > This is puzzling because I most definitely do have a mailman user > defined. Can anyone help me figure out what the problem is here? Thanks > very much. > > Best wishes, > Eric Evans > Cornell Phonetics Lab > Ithaca, NY > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
