Mark Sapiro wrote: >> Some additional information: >> >> This is mailman 2.1.8-2ubuntu2. >> >> The reference to the 'bug fix' is at >> <http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.8-2ubuntu2/changelog> >> in which is found >> >> * Make sure we don't ship /var/lib/mailman/pythonlib, should make that >> go away on installations which already have it (closes: #242740). >> >> (I couldn't find a description of #242740).
and Todd Zullinger replied: >That looks to be from the Debian Mailman package, which Ubuntu uses as >it's base. See the long trail here: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=242740 > The short summary for the bug is "bad installation when >/var/lib/mailman/pythonlib is a symlink." > >(I've never found the Debian bugs page very easy to follow. :) I read the entire bug page trail, and I am trying to understand it. I looked at my 2.1.9 source test installation (on Solaris 10, where I installed into /opt/mailman), and I see things in the /opt/mailman/pythonlib directory. What is the purpose of the files found therein? If these are needed by Mailman, how can Ubuntu/Debian not supply them? I am trying to understand what is happening (so that I can convince others here that I need to install from the source and not from the Ubuntu package). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 222, Room D209 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
