[Mailman-Users] Cron <mailman at sunset> /usr/bin/python /home/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip (fwd)

[Paul Tomblin]

Quoting Bart-Jan Vrielink (bartjan at vrielink.net):
> Hello,
> 
> Having no previous experience with Python, I don't know what to do to fix
> this error message.
> 
> This is mailman version 1.1 (05-Nov-1999) using Python 1.5.1 on a RedHat
> 5.2/Alpha system.
> 
> -- 
> Tot ziens,
> 
> Bart-Jan
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 03:27:01 +0100
> From: Cron Daemon <root at mail.bhms-groep.nl>
> To: mailman at mail.bhms-groep.nl
> Subject: Cron <mailman at sunset> /usr/bin/python
>     /home/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "/home/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip", line 143, in ?
>     main()
>   File "/home/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip", line 114, in main
>     time.strptime(f, '%Y-%B.txt')
> AttributeError: strptime

This is a FAQ.  The python 1.5.1 package that shipped with RedHat has a bug -
you have to get the updated one from updates.redhat.com.

-- 
Paul Tomblin <ptomblin at xcski.com>, not speaking for anybody
"I'm fairly sure Linux exists principally because writing an operating system
probably seems like a good way to pass the <bignum> months of darkness in
Finland" - Rodger Donaldson