[Mailman-Users] ValueError in Mailman/i18n.py when starting MM on MacOS X 10.1.5

[Pascal Oberndoerfer]

Pascal Oberndoerfer at p.oberndoerfer at urheberrecht.org:

> I know, 10.1.5 is old, but nevertheless...
> 
> Here's what I did so far:
> 
> - Install (non-framework) Python 2.3.4: no problems
> - Install and configure Postfix 2.1.5: no problems
> - Install Mailman 2.1.5 to locations as per MacOS X 10.3.5 Server
> (i.e.: /usr/share/mailman and /private/var/mailman)
> - Installation went fine
> - Integration with Apache works
> - Aliases are set up correctly via /usr/sbin/postalias for new lists
> 
> Only the last step is missing now:
> starting up Mailman with bin/mailmanctl start
> 
> Unfortunately, if I try this I get the following error:
> 
> [powerbook:/usr/share/mailman] pob% bin/mailmanctl start
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "bin/mailmanctl", line 547, in ?
>   main()
> File "bin/mailmanctl", line 340, in main
>   check_privs()
> File "bin/mailmanctl", line 303, in check_privs
>   usage(1, _(
> File "bin/mailmanctl", line 135, in usage
>   print >> fd, _(__doc__)
> File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/i18n.py", line 89, in _
>   return tns % dict
> ValueError: unsupported format character '[' (0x5b) at index 1133
> [powerbook:/usr/share/mailman] pob%
> 
> 
> Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated!

Doh!

    sudo -u mailman /usr/share/mailman/bin/mailmanctl start

fixed this (though I still don't have clue why...)

So please ignore the previous post and sorry for wasting the bandwidth.

Pascal