[Mailman-Users] Error running ./configure

Do you have an MTA and Web-server installed? The ./configure could not
find any Mail-server or Web-server.

Since the ./configure did NOT run, there was nothing to install.

Good Luck - Jon Carnes

Original Message:
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From: Feng Jeffrey yfeng at whittier.edu
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:09:56 -0800
To: mailman-users at python.org
Subject: [Mailman-Users] Error running ./configure


I'm trying to install mailman onto FreeBSD. When I ran ./configure, I
received the following message:

checking for CGI extensions... no
host info not found, set $MAILHOST and/or $WWWHOST environ vars
$MAILHOST=None, $WWWHOST=None

When I tried to issue "make install", I got the message: make: don't know
how to make install. Stop

Does this mean that the installation failed? What should I to fix the
problem?

Thank you in advance.

Jeffrey

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Email: yfeng at whittier.edu
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FJ> I'm trying to install mailman onto FreeBSD. When I ran
FJ> ./configure, I received the following message:

FJ> checking for CGI extensions... no host info not found, set
FJ> $MAILHOST and/or $WWWHOST environ vars $MAILHOST=None,
FJ> $WWWHOST=None

This is only going to happen if your dns isn't set up correctly. What
does the following print?

% python -c "from socket import * ; print getfqdn()"

You should see a hostname (preferrably fully-qualified). If you see
an exception, or some bogus value, check your /etc/hosts file, or dns
setup.

FJ> When I tried to issue "make install", I got the message: make:
FJ> don't know how to make install. Stop

FJ> Does this mean that the installation failed? What should I to
FJ> fix the problem?

Right. Configure isn't finding the right hostname information so it
isn't creating the Makefile. That's a good thing. ;)

You can always run configure --with-mailhost and/or --with-urlhost,
but if they aren't correct, the install might succeed but you'll
likely still have problems.

-Barry