Calvin Muller wrote:
>>When using Ubuntu and apt-get, it seems like there is no such directory as a
>>pytonlib. I don't know if it's called something else, but how do I install
>>the email module for python, your help is greatly appreciated.
and Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied, in part:
>I can't help you with Ubuntu/Debian packaging issues per se. You should
>really contact Ubuntu/Debian and see if they have a fix/workaround/bug
>report for this issue, and if not, report it there.
>
>A normal Mailman installation from source contains a pythonlib/
>directory (note pythonlib, not pytonlib). This in turn contains the
>email package and possibly japanese and korean codecs packages.
There was a thread about pythonlib a few months ago, and I did some
research when I was building a Mailman 2.1.9 package for Ubuntu.
Here are dates and Subject lines for two threads:
27 Sep 2006 Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail Man Help
10 Jan 2007 Re: [Mailman-Users] us-ascii problem with new install in
Ubuntu (SOLVED)
Basically, Debian change 242740 was created because at one time there
was a problem (or more than one) with the pythonlib, so the Debian
solution (incorrect) was to delete that library. In the
debian/rules
file there is this line:
rmdir debian/$(package)/var/lib/mailman/pythonlib
When I first attempted the build using the 2.1.5 Debian rules and the
2.1.9 Mailman source, I received an error message stating that this
pythonlib was not empty and thus could not be removed. I had to
comment this line in the debian/rules file to keep the directory.
Look at the two threads referenced above for more details.
This is one reason why I chose to build a Mailman 2.1.9 package for
Ubuntu from the 2.1.9 SourceForge source, and not rely on the source
that Debian/Ubuntu claims is 2.1.9. In my case, I did not need
pythonlib, but I had no idea what other changes Debian/Ubuntu had made
to the source.
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