[Mailman-Users] config.db missing

[Joseph Okech]

Thanks for the advice, I figured out the problem. The Exim configuration file (directors) were pointing to 'config.db' while this did not exist. I changed this to point to 'config.pck'. Shouldnt we have a not somewhere on the HOWTO detailing this problem? especially for Mailma2.1 newbeez like me :-)

regards,

Joe


On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:38:59 +0300
Odhiambo Washington <wash at wananchi.com> wrote:

> * Joseph Okech <jokech at ke.uu.net> [20030203 10:28]: wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Have a situation where in the lists' folder the file 'config.db' and config.db.last' are missing. I get this when I run the check_db command, and I get a bounce whenever I send mail to the list.
> > 
> > su-2.05a$ check_db -av
> > List: mailman
> >    /usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck: okay
> >    /usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck.last: okay
> >     [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.db'
> >     [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.db.last'
> > List: testlist
> >    /usr/local/mailman/lists/testlist/config.pck: okay
> >    /usr/local/mailman/lists/testlist/config.pck.last: okay
> >     [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/testlist/config.db'
> >     [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/testlist/config.db.last'
> > 
> > 
> > Currently running Mailman 2.1 on FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE-p9
> 
> 
> Hello Joe,
> 
> This output is actually harmless. It's not the cause of your problem. If you
> read the code for check_db, you will see the following remarks:
> 
> [....]
> 
> """Check a list's config database file for integrity.
> 
> All of the following files are checked:
> 
>     config.pck
>     config.pck.last
>     config.db
>     config.db.last
>     config.safety
> 
> It's okay if any of these are missing.  config.pck and config.pck.last are
> pickled versions of the config database file for 2.1a3 and beyond.  config.db
> and config.db.last are used in all earlier versions, and these are Python
> marshals.  config.safety is a pickle written by 2.1a3 and beyond when the
> primary config.pck file could not be read.
> [....]
> 
> So as you can see, the check for config.db and config.db.last is really cosmetic!
> 
> 
> If you send the bounce message you get when you send e-mail to the list, maybe
> it will give more clues.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>         cheers
>        - wash 
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