[Mailman-Users] Installation on Mac OSX

[Jon Carnes]

Whenever I have similar problems - which thankfully is not often - I open up
the "configure" file and find the part where it died.  Usually that is
fairly easy as it flows through the script linearly and you can see the last
good output, and use that to find where the configure script has problems.
Reading the file from that point on will indicate exactly what it is looking
for and what kind of a test it is using to find if it is present.

Most times you can be up and running again after a few symlinks assuming you
have a POSIX structure (unix like) to work with.

Good Luck - Jon Carnes
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Johnson" <michael at emjay.net>
To: <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: [Mailman-Users] Installation on Mac OSX


> Hi gang
>
> I've just installed Python and happily found it to be very simple.  I
> also noted the incredible speed difference between a 500 iceBook, a
> G4/400, and a G4/500.
>
> Then it came time to install the mailman stuff.  I downloaded 2.0.8 and
> unpacked it.  I went to add the user and group of mailman...no problem.
>
> Then, it happened...
>
> ./configure --prefix=/Users/mailman
>
> basic configure file output leading up to...
>
> checking for mailman UID... ./configure: permission denied: conftest.py
> [1152]
> /usr/local/bin/python: can't open file 'conftest.py'
> cat: conftest.out: No such file or directory
>
> configure: error:
> ***** No "mailman" user found!
> ***** Your system must have a "mailman" user defined
> ***** (usually in your /etc/passwd file).  Please see the INSTALL
> ***** file for details.
>
> I'm certain I have a user called mailman.  I'm also certain there's a
> group called mailman, but it doesn't seem to have gotten far enough to
> tell if it's there.
>
> I know many of you have installed mailman...and I hope you can let me
> know what I did wrong and lead me to the path of enlightenment.  =-)
>
> -Michael
>
>
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