When the error occured /opt/mailman existed AND /etc/mailman.cfg used to be like this: p@mailman:~$ cat /etc/mailman.cfg [mailman] site_owner: postmaster@state-of-mind.de # Which paths.* file system layout to use. layout: dev [paths.master] var_dir: /opt/mailman # [database] # The class implementing the IDatabase. # class: mailman.database.stock.StockDatabase # Use this to set the Storm database engine URL. You generally have one # primary database connection for all of Mailman. List data and most rosters # will store their data in this database, although external rosters may access # other databases in their own way. This string supports standard # 'configuration' substitutions. # url: sqlite:///opt/mailman/data/mailman.db # debug: no -- command mailman info fails when Database url does not exist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mailman Coders, which is subscribed to GNU Mailman.