[Mailman-Users] upgrade issue

[Mark Nernberg]

On Sep 25, 2006, at 4:09 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote:

> Help Desk wrote:
>>
>> We get the following string of errors during the upgrade phase,
>> then a stop:
>>
>>
>> Updating mailing list: river_city_referrals
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "bin/update", line 789, in ?
>>    errors = main()
>>  File "bin/update", line 679, in main
>>    errors = errors + dolist(listname)
>>  File "bin/update", line 192, in dolist
>>    mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0)
>>  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 130, in __init__
>>    self.Load()
>>  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 629, in Load
>>    dict, e = self.__load(file)
>>  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 602, in __load
>>    dict = loadfunc(fp)
>> AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'append'
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop in /usr/ports/mail/mailman/work/mailman-2.1.9.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop in /usr/ports/mail/mailman.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop in /usr/ports/mail/mailman.
>
>
> It appears that the list river_city_referrals may have a corrupted
> configuration file (lists/river_city_referrals/config.pck). The update
> process may or may not have updated all the lists, but they will be
> updated anyway as the lists are accessed. The software update was
> finished at this point.
>
> Assuming you get the same error when attempting to access the list
> (after fixing the problem below, try copying or moving the config.pck
> aside and replacing it with the config.pck.last

I hate to say it, but I already tried that.

>
>> In addition, when attempting to use the CGI interface, it does not
>> run.  We get the following errors (in the httpd-error log -- we're
>> running Apache 2.0.54)
>>
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]
>> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42] [-----
>> Mailman Version: 2.1.9 -----]
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42] [-----
>> Traceback ------]
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]   File "/
>> usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 82, in run_main
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]
>> immediate=1)
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]   File "/
>> usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Logging/StampedLogger.py", line 52, in
>> __init__
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]
>> Logger.__init__(self, category, nofail, immediate)
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]   File "/
>> usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Logger.py", line 50, in __init__
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]
>> self.__get_f()
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]   File "/
>> usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Logger.py", line 68, in __get_f
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]     1)
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]   File "/
>> usr/local/lib/python2.4/codecs.py", line 666, in open
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42]     file
>> = __builtin__.open(filename, mode, buffering)
>> [Mon Sep 25 10:46:49 2006] [error] [client 67.103.106.42] IOError:
>> [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/mailman/logs/error'
>
>
> There is a permissions problem on your Mailman logs. Try running
> "bin/check_perms -f" as root until it reports no errors.
>

Done.  That part worked.


> -- 
> Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
> San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
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