Bug#443069: mailman: senddigests cron job: TypeError: iso-8859-1
Package: mailman Version: 1:2.1.9-8 Severity: important Followup-For: Bug #384016 It seems that #384016 is not resolved yet. I recently upgraded mailman from 1:2.1.8-4 to 1:2.1.9-8, and now I am getting the following error message whenever the senddigests cron job runs (i.e. daily): | Traceback (most recent call last): | File /usr/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests, line 94, in ? | main() | File /usr/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests, line 86, in main | mlist.send_digest_now() | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Digester.py, line 60, in send_digest_now | ToDigest.send_digests(self, mboxfp) | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py, line 142, in send_digests | send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py, line 324, in send_i18n_digests | msg = scrubber(mlist, msg) | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py, line 393, in process | replace_payload_by_text(msg, sep.join(text), charset) | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py, line 175, in replace_payload_by_text | msg.set_payload(text, charset) | File email/Message.py, line 218, in set_payload | File email/Message.py, line 242, in set_charset | TypeError: iso-8859-1 I followed the trail of #384016 and found that its supposed fix (the mailman package shipping its own email Python package) does not seem to be in effect on my system: | io:/usr/lib/mailman/cron python | Python 2.4.4 (#2, Aug 16 2007, 02:03:40) | [GCC 4.1.3 20070812 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-15)] on linux2 | Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. | import paths | import email | email.__version__ | '3.0.2' | Using python2.3 to run senddigests works around the problem as expected: | io:/usr/lib/mailman/cron sudo -H -u list python2.3 /usr/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests | io:/usr/lib/mailman/cron What's going on here? Has the inclusion of mailman's own email package been reverted? -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-486 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages mailman depends on: ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups ii apache2 2.0.55-4.1 next generation, scalable, extenda ii apache2-mpm-worker [httpd]2.0.55-4.1 high speed threaded model for Apac ii courier-mta [mail-transport-a 0.53.3-6 Courier Mail Server - ESMTP daemon ii cron 3.0pl1-100 management of regular background p ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.14 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii logrotate 3.7.1-3Log rotation utility ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii pwgen 2.06-1 Automatic Password generation ii python2.4.4-6An interactive high-level object-o ii python-support0.6.4 automated rebuilding support for p ii ucf 3.001 Update Configuration File: preserv mailman recommends no packages. -- debconf information: mailman/update_passwords: * mailman/site_languages: de, en * mailman/used_languages: de en * mailman/create_site_list: * mailman/queue_files_present: * mailman/default_server_language: en * mailman/gate_news: false mailman/update_aliases: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#443069: mailman: senddigests cron job: TypeError: iso-8859-1
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 01:47:12PM +, Julian Mehnle wrote: Package: mailman Version: 1:2.1.9-8 Severity: important Followup-For: Bug #384016 It seems that #384016 is not resolved yet. I recently upgraded mailman from 1:2.1.8-4 to 1:2.1.9-8, and now I am getting the following error message whenever the senddigests cron job runs (i.e. daily): | Traceback (most recent call last): | File /usr/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests, line 94, in ? | main() | File /usr/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests, line 86, in main | mlist.send_digest_now() | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Digester.py, line 60, in send_digest_now | ToDigest.send_digests(self, mboxfp) | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py, line 142, in send_digests | send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py, line 324, in send_i18n_digests | msg = scrubber(mlist, msg) | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py, line 393, in process | replace_payload_by_text(msg, sep.join(text), charset) | File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py, line 175, in replace_payload_by_text | msg.set_payload(text, charset) | File email/Message.py, line 218, in set_payload | File email/Message.py, line 242, in set_charset | TypeError: iso-8859-1 I followed the trail of #384016 and found that its supposed fix (the mailman package shipping its own email Python package) does not seem to be in effect on my system: | io:/usr/lib/mailman/cron python | Python 2.4.4 (#2, Aug 16 2007, 02:03:40) | [GCC 4.1.3 20070812 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-15)] on linux2 | Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. | import paths | import email | email.__version__ | '3.0.2' | Using python2.3 to run senddigests works around the problem as expected: | io:/usr/lib/mailman/cron sudo -H -u list python2.3 /usr/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests | io:/usr/lib/mailman/cron What's going on here? Has the inclusion of mailman's own email package been reverted? FWIW, I've recently manually done: ln -s /usr/lib/mailman/pythonlib /var/lib/mailman/pythonlib after such a Mailman upgrade. It solved the shown errors from senddigests. Apparently, the postinst script fails to execute this under some circumstances. Since my system is nonstandard (/var/lib/mailman is a symlink here), I didn't investigate further. Anyway, the workaround might work for you too. Bye, Joost signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#443069: mailman: senddigests cron job: TypeError: iso-8859-1
Joost van Baal wrote: FWIW, I've recently manually done: ln -s /usr/lib/mailman/pythonlib /var/lib/mailman/pythonlib after such a Mailman upgrade. It solved the shown errors from senddigests. Apparently, the postinst script fails to execute this under some circumstances. Not only that, but on my system /var/lib/mailman/pythonlib is a (empty) directory owned by the package mailman! Kind of difficult to place a symlink there when there's already a real directory of the same name. However if I remove the empty dir and replace it with a symlink as you said, then it works: | io:/usr/lib/mailman/cron python | Python 2.4.4 (#2, Aug 16 2007, 02:03:40) | [GCC 4.1.3 20070812 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-15)] on linux2 | Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. | import paths | import email | email.__version__ | '2.5.8' | Thanks. So I guess this issue boils down to the mailman package needing to install a symlink rather than a directory as /var/lib/mailman/pythonlib. pgpOxxhIvq0wi.pgp Description: PGP signature
