[Mailman-Users] "Path info. No list -2-" error

[Richard Barrett]

On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 01:12 PM, Kaja P. Christiansen wrote:

>
> Richard Barrett writes:
>
>> These files are actually created from the template file
>> $prefix/templates/en/htdig_conf.txt
>>
>> If that file has been corrupted then all per-list htdig conf files
>> subsequently created would also be damaged.
>
> That file is OK. I wondered what the 5 lists with good
> htdig conf files might have in common and decided to compare
> list creation dates with the date of mailman upgrade (Jun 1):
> these 5 lists were created or recreated after the upgrade!
> I wrote before that
>
>> I tried
>> the same procedure with 2 other lists (one old, the other created
>> recently) and again search pages started to work.
>
> and looked more closely now at this 'created recently' list:
> it was, actually, created *before* the upgrade.
>
> I've upgraded mailman umpteen times and usually without any problems,
> but it looks to me like the problem was caused by a glitch during
> my installation of mailman/htdig under 2.1.2, in that older lists have
> retained htdig conf files from 2.1.1 release. Does it sound right?
>

As I said, I have not come across this problem before with 2.1.2 or 
with earlier releases.

As long as your list searches are now working and the per-list htdig 
conf file for any new lists are created correctly I guess the history 
does not matter.

> Thanks much for your help!
>

I am pleased the problem appears to have been sorted out for you.

Richard