[Mailman-Users] RELEASED Mailman 2.1.7

Hi,

I normally build mailman (./configure; make install) on a dev system then tar/rsync it to a production machine. I checked the UPGRADING notes in the 2.1.7 release and there is no mention of anything (i.e. withlist, fix_url, etc) that needs to be done when upgrading from 2.1.5 to 2.1.7. Are lists (and specifically everything in "--with-var-prefix") from a 2.1.5 install compatible with 2.1.7? If not, what post-install actions need to be taken to upgrade an existing system from 2.1.5 to 2.1.7?

Thanks, and Thank you MM Developers for this latest release.

-Jim P.

----- Original Message ----
From: Tokio Kikuchi <tkikuchi at is.kochi-u.ac.jp>
To: python-announce at python.org; mailman-announce at python.org
Cc: mailman-developers at python.org; mailman-users at python.org; info-gnu at gnu.org
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 8:02:23 AM
Subject: [Mailman-Users] RELEASED Mailman 2.1.7

I'm pleased to announce the release of GNU Mailman 2.1.7. This
is a significant release, which includes security enhancement
fixes, a new language (ia: Interlingua) support, a couple of new
features, and many bug fixes.

Mailman is free software for managing email mailing lists and
e-newsletters.

This release enhances the fixes for CAN-2005-0202 and CVE-2005-3573
which were fixed in mailman release 2.1.6, and reduces the chance of
list admin privilege abuse. Because of these and other fixes, it
is highly recommended that all sites update to 2.1.7.

For more information, see:

http://mailman.sourceforge.net/

For links to download the Mailman 2.1.7 source tarball, see:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id3

Best regards and a happy new year!

Upgrading from 2.1.5 to 2.1.7 should have no problems. Everything
needed is done during the bin/update run in 'make install'.

Cheers,

I'm having issues during the make install. Configured with:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pkgs/mailman-2.1.7
--with-urlhost=mailman-test.cs.utah.edu --with-mailhost=cs.utah.edu
--with-cgi-gid=mailman --with-mail-gid=mailman

make generate no errors/warnings

But the install goes into an infinite loop:

Creating directory hierarchy /usr/local/pkgs/mailman-2.1.7/cgi-bin
mkdir /usr/local/pkgs/mailman-2.1.7/cgi-bin
Creating directory hierarchy /usr/local/pkgs/mailman-2.1.7/mail
mkdir /usr/local/pkgs/mailman-2.1.7/mail
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: bin: Not a directory
make[1]: Entering directory
`/uusoc/facility/sys/src/mailman/SuSE-9.2/mailman-2.1.7'
Creating architecture independent directories...
chmod o-r /usr/local/pkgs/mailman-2.1.7/archives/private
Creating architecture dependent directories...
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: bin: Not a directory
make[2]: Entering directory
`/uusoc/facility/sys/src/mailman/SuSE-9.2/mailman-2.1.7'
Creating architecture independent directories...
chmod o-r /usr/local/pkgs/mailman-2.1.7/archives/private
Creating architecture dependent directories...
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: bin: Not a directory

Todd

I've tracked this down to perm issues (way up the tree) between making
this as yourself and then installing as mailman. Solution is to just do
the make as mailman, since it would appear that packages are also
untar'd during the 'make install' into the src dirs which IMO is a
definite no-no.

Todd

I've just upgraded my 2.0.x installation of mailman to 2.1.6, and I'm so
close I can practically taste it.

But it's still not working.

When I send mail to a list on the server, I get back the following error:
The original message was received at Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:37:28 -0500 (EST)
from utk-cls.ra.utk.edu [160.36.208.91]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
"|/usr/local/mailman/mail/wrapper post cls-news"
(reason: 1)
(expanded from: <cls-news at cls.coe.utk.edu>)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
sh: /usr/local/mailman/mail/wrapper: not found
554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 1

That's obviously coming from the old version of mailman, but I can't find
what I missed. Can anyone help me?

Bill McNutt
IT Administrator, UT Center for Literacy Studies
http://cls.coe.utk.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: mailman-users-bounces+mcnutt=utk.edu at python.org
[mailto:mailman-users-bounces+mcnutt=utk.edu at python.org] On Behalf Of Todd A
Green
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:03 PM
To: mailman-users at python.org
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] RELEASED Mailman 2.1.7

Todd A Green wrote:
I've tracked this down to perm issues (way up the tree) between making
this as yourself and then installing as mailman. Solution is to just do
the make as mailman, since it would appear that packages are also
untar'd during the 'make install' into the src dirs which IMO is a
definite no-no.

Todd
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