[Mailman-Users] RELEASED Mailman 2.1.4

[Ricardo Kleemann]

Thanks Ed.

One thing I hadn't noticed in my first mailman installation
and which I did notice with the SUSE rpm's installation is
the use of files /etc/mailman.cgi-gid and
/etc/mailman.mail-gid.

Does that setup work right out of the box? Basically it
allows to dynamically set the proper gid without having to
rebuild mailman with the specific gid settings. That is
really nice. I'm hoping I can build mailman-2.1.4 from the
tarball and it will consult those files for gid
configuration?

Ricardo

----- Original Message Follows -----
> 
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 04:04:37PM -0800, Ricardo Kleemann
> > wrote: 
> > I have a question... I currently run mailman as
> > installed via RPM (under SUSE 9.0). How can I upgrade
> > via the tarball? I mean the rpm puts files into specific
> > locations (such as both /usr/lib/mailman and
> > /var/lib/mailman) and I wanted to make sure that when I
> > upgrade, the files go into the same locations where they
> > are currently. How can I specify the locations?
> 
> Three options.
> 1.  Since this is a security fix, SuSe should either
> backport the security patch into the version they've
> released, or upgrade to 2.1.4. You can post to a
> SuSe-specific list to find out what they plan on doing, or
> you could contact the package maintainer. 2.  Grab the
> source RPM from SuSe's distribution.  Install it, and then
> study the spec file to see what they've done and what
> patches they've applied.  Merge the new source changes
> with theirs, or replace their source with the one from
> sourceforge.  Rebuild the source rpm and have a good look
> at the rpm it produced to see if the files look like
> they'll go in the right locations.  You'll also need to
> study any config changes and see if they're still
> applicable.  3.  Remove the SuSe RPM.  Install the
> sourceforge package and then migrate your lists over. 
> Forget about ever upgrading from SuSe.
> 
> You really have to decide if you're going to trust your
> distributor - SuSe in this case - or go to the original
> package maintainer for your updates.  You shouldn't mix
> and match.
> 
> I run Red Hat Enterprise Linux and simply go with a stock
> mailman package and watch for the updates myself.  Red Hat
> doesn't even package mailman any more, but I went this
> route with an older Red Hat Linux when Red Hat still was
> shipping it.
> 
>         .../Ed
> 
> p.s. In the future, please snip your replies to the
> relevant pieces.
> 
> -- 
> Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org