On 24-Apr-2010, at 13:15, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > LuKreme wrote: > >> I tried to send a message to a low-traffic announce-list which failed: > > Are other lists working?
No, everything is dead. > [Let's just ignore anything having to do with the ports package, I'm trying to get the source tarball to work] >> So, I went and grabbed the source and read up on >> <http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/node7.html> >> >> ~/src/mailman-2.1.13 $ ./configure --with-username=nobody >> --with-mail-gid=nobody --with-group-name=nobody >> configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target > > > This is very strange. When I run the above command in a freshly > unpacked 2.1.13 tarball directory (with 2.5 python), I get: > > [msap...@msapiro ...2.1.13/mailman-2.1.13]$ ./configure > --with-username=nobody --with-mail-gid=nobody --with-group-name=nobody > configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-group-name > > Because it's spelled --with-groupname Yeah, I don't get that. # python --version Python 2.5.5 # bash --version GNU bash, version 4.0.35(0)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # > checking for --with-python... no > No idea, python is certainly installed. > Could there be something in your environment that's affecting this? Or > your shell? What shell is invoked by /bin/sh? running straight bash, nothing set in my environment. In fact, I tried to compile it just now with su root (no .profile or .bashrc active at all). >> and even if you try to make at that point, there is no Makefile > > > Are you saying configure completes and makes a config.status and runs > that and there is no Makefile after that? Really strange… Yes, exactly. I've downloaded the tarball twice now. > Note that the expected group (mailman) is compiled into the > mailman/mail/mailman wrapper (from configure's --with-mail-gid) in > standard Mailman. I don't know how to set it in your package. I keep trying to get it to work properly with the mailman user and group but it is not playing nice. I would prefer, of course, to have this all working properly (with uid and gid of mailman) but working -at all- would be better. I'm going to try and recompile the port with mailman/mailman and split the aliases out into the data/aliases file, set those perms, re-postalias all the files, wave a fresh chicken bone over the server, and hope for the best. -- Eyes the shady night has shut/Cannot see the record cut And silence sounds no worse than cheers/After earth has stopped the ears. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
