Hi, Is there a way for mailman's configure script to detect the current settings (such as --with-username, --with-mail-gid and so on)?
Or is there a quick way for me to manually check what they should be? I want to be able to upgrade mailman, but I never remember exactly what those settings should be, and since I have non-default settings, everytime I rebuild mailman, everything goes out of whack because I haven't specified the appropriate configuration. ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > I have released Mailman 2.1.3, a bug fix release which > also contains support for four new languages: Ukrainian, > Serbian, Euskara (Basque), and Danish. This release also > contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability in > the 'create' cgi script, as well as improved performance > of the bounce and outgoing queue runners. I recommend all > sites running versions of the 2.1.x line upgrade to the > new version. > > The full source tarball has been made available from the > usual sites (although the gnu.org sites have not yet been > updated). Sorry, there is no patch available, but you > should be able to install 2.1.3 over your existing 2.1.x > installation. See > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103 > > for links to download all the patches and the source > tarballs. After installing, be sure you restart your > Mailman daemon by doing a "mailmanctl restart". > > See also: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman > http://www.list.org (not yet updated) > http://mailman.sf.net > > Cheers, > -Barry > > -------------------- snip snip -------------------- > 2.1.3 (28-Sep-2003) > > Performance, Reliability, Security > > - Closed a cross-site scripting exploit in the > create cgi script. > > - Improvements in the performance of the bounce > processor. > Now, instead of processing each bounce > immediately (which > can cause severe lock contention), bounce events > are queued. > Every 15 minutes by default, the queued bounce > events are > processed en masse, on a list-per-list basis, so > that each > list only needs to be locked once. > > - When some or all of a message's recipients have > temporary > delivery failures, the message is moved to a > "retry" queue. > This queue wakes up occasionally and moves the > file back to > the outgoing queue for attempted redelivery. > This should > fix most observed OutgoingRunner 100% cpu > consumption, > especially for bounces to local recipients when > using the > Postfix MTA. > > - Optional support for fsync()'ing qfile data > after writing. > Under some catastrophic system failures (e.g. > power lose), > it would be possible to lose messages because > the data > wasn't sync'd to disk. By setting > SYNC_AFTER_WRITE to True > in Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py, you can force > Mailman to > fsync() queue files after flushing them. The > benefits are > debatable for most operating environments, and > you must > ensure that your Python has the os.fsync() > function defined > before enabling this feature (it isn't, even on > all > Unix-like operating systems). > > Internationalization > > - New languages Ukrainian, Serbian, Danish, > Euskara/Basque. > > - Fixes to template lookup. Lists with local > overriding > templates would find the wrong template. > > - .mo files (for internationalization) are now > generated at > build time instead of coming as part of the > source > distribution. > > Documentation > > - A first draft of member documentation by Terri > Oda. There > is also a Japanese translation of this manual by > Ikeda Soji. > > Archiver / Pipermail > > - In the configuration variables > PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER, and > PRIVATE_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER, %(hostname)s has been > added to > the list of allowable substitution variables. > > - The timezone is now taken into account when > figuring the > posting date for an article. > > Scripts / Cron > > - Fixes to cron/disabled for NotAMemberError > crashes. > > - New script bin/show_qfiles which prints the > contents of .pck > message files. New script bin/discard which can > be used to > mass discard held messages. > > - Fixes to cron/mailpasswds to account for old > password-less > subscriptions. > > - bin/list_members has grown two new options: > --invalid/-i > prints only the addresses in the member database > that are > invalid (which could have snuck in via old > releases); > --unicode/-u prints addresses which are stored > as Unicode > objects instead of as normal strings. > > Miscellaneous > > - Fixes to problems in some configurations where > Python wouldn't > be able to find its standard library. > > - Fixes to the digest which could cause > MIME-losing missing > newlines when parts are scrubbed via the content > filters. > > - In the News/Mail gateway admin page, the > configuration variable > nntp_host can now be a name:port pair. > > - When messages are pulled from NNTP, the member > moderation checks > are short-circuited. > > - email 2.5.4 is included. This fixes an RFC 2231 > bug, among > possibly others. > > - Fixed some extra spaces that could appear in the > List-ID header. > > - Fixes to ensure that invalid email addresses > can't be invited. > > - WEB_LINK_COLOR in Defaults.py/mm_cfg.py should > now work. > > - Fixes so that shunted message file names > actually match > those logged in log/errors. > > - An improved pending action cookie generation > algorithm has > been added. > > - Fixes to the DSN bounce detector. > > - The usual additional u/i, internationalization, > unicode, and > other miscellaneous fixes. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/ricardo%40americasnet.com ------------------------------------------------------ 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 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
