[Mailman-Users] Re: Problems with mailman 2.1b3 in a production environment

[Gleydson Mazioli da Silva]

barry at python.org (Barry A. Warsaw) em 15 Oct 2002 18:52:27 -0400 escreveu:

> 
> >>>>> "GMdS" == Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
> >>>>> <gleydson.mazioli at ima.sp.gov.br> writes:
> 
>     GMdS> After updating the mailman 2.0.9 to 2.1b3, I got the
>     GMdS> following problem:
> 
>     GMdS> After four days, all list messages were delivered
>     GMdS> correctly. But now, no one message is delivered for list
>     GMdS> members (I think normal members only). The postfix log show
>     GMdS> the following message when it receives a message
> 
>     GMdS> And the processing stop at this point. No one list
>     GMdS> configuration was changed and the /etc/init.d/mailman
>     GMdS> process (the system runs in Debian GNU/Linux) is running to
>     GMdS> deliver the messages.
> 
> Are there any stale locks in the locks directory?  Are there any
> errors in the log files?  I'msure you tried restarting the qrunner
> daemon, right?  Try "mailmanctl stop" followed by "mailmanctl start"
> (this isn't exactly the same as "mailmanctl restart".

No, the locks directory is empty but some errors appear on the error log
such as: 

*********** Start of error log **********************

Oct 11 14:31:36 2002 (25450) Uncaught runner exception: unsupported format character ',' (0x2c) at index 18
Oct 11 14:31:36 2002 (25450) Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 105, in _oneloop
    self._onefile(msg, msgdata)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 154, in _onefile
    keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 129, in _dispose
    status = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 152, in _dopipeline
    sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 87, in process
    send_digests(mlist, mboxfp)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 128, in send_digests
    send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 141, in send_i18n_digests
    digestid = _('%(realname)s Digest, Vol %(volume)d, Issue %(issue)d')
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/i18n.py", line 76, in _
    return _translation.gettext(s) % dict
ValueError: unsupported format character ',' (0x2c) at index 18

Oct 11 20:13:26 2002 (25450) Uncaught runner exception: unsupported format character ',' (0x2c) at index 18
Oct 11 20:13:26 2002 (25450) Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 105, in _oneloop
    self._onefile(msg, msgdata)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 154, in _onefile
    keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 129, in _dispose
    status = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 152, in _dopipeline
    sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 87, in process
    send_digests(mlist, mboxfp)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 128, in send_digests
    send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 141, in send_i18n_digests
    digestid = _('%(realname)s Digest, Vol %(volume)d, Issue %(issue)d')
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/i18n.py", line 76, in _
    return _translation.gettext(s) % dict
ValueError: unsupported format character ',' (0x2c) at index 18

******************* end of error log *************************

And part of qrunner log:

****************** start of qrunner log *********************
Oct 11 10:44:14 2002 (25430) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25435, sig: None, sts: 15, class: NewsRunner, slice: 1/1) 
Oct 11 10:44:14 2002 (25430) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25431, sig: None, sts: 15, class: ArchRunner, slice: 1/1) 
Oct 11 10:45:03 2002 (25452) OutgoingRunner qrunner started.
Oct 11 10:45:03 2002 (25449) CommandRunner qrunner started.
Oct 11 10:45:03 2002 (25447) ArchRunner qrunner started.
Oct 11 10:45:04 2002 (25448) BounceRunner qrunner started.
Oct 11 10:45:04 2002 (25450) IncomingRunner qrunner started.
Oct 11 10:45:04 2002 (25451) NewsRunner qrunner started.
Oct 11 10:45:04 2002 (25453) VirginRunner qrunner started.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25447) ArchRunner qrunner caught SIGTERM.  Stopping.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25447) ArchRunner qrunner exiting.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25449) CommandRunner qrunner caught SIGTERM.  Stopping.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25449) CommandRunner qrunner exiting.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25450) IncomingRunner qrunner caught SIGTERM.  Stopping.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25450) IncomingRunner qrunner exiting.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25451) NewsRunner qrunner caught SIGTERM.  Stopping.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25451) NewsRunner qrunner exiting.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25452) OutgoingRunner qrunner caught SIGTERM.  Stopping.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25452) OutgoingRunner qrunner exiting.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25453) VirginRunner qrunner caught SIGTERM.  Stopping.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25453) VirginRunner qrunner exiting.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25448) BounceRunner qrunner caught SIGTERM.  Stopping.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25448) BounceRunner qrunner exiting.
Oct 12 16:03:29 2002 (25446) Master watcher caught SIGTERM.  Exiting.
Oct 12 16:03:30 2002 (25446) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25453, sig: None, sts: 15, class: VirginRunner, slice: 1/1) 
Oct 12 16:03:30 2002 (25446) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25451, sig: None, sts: 15, class: NewsRunner, slice: 1/1) 
Oct 12 16:03:30 2002 (25446) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25449, sig: None, sts: 15, class: CommandRunner, slice: 1/1) 
Oct 12 16:03:30 2002 (25446) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25452, sig: None, sts: 15, class: OutgoingRunner, slice: 1/1) 
Oct 12 16:03:30 2002 (25446) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25448, sig: None, sts: 15, class: BounceRunner, slice: 1/1) 
Oct 12 16:03:30 2002 (25446) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25450, sig: None, sts: 15, class: IncomingRunner, slice: 1/1) 
Oct 12 16:03:30 2002 (25446) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit
(pid: 25447, sig: None, sts: 15, class: ArchRunner, slice: 1/1) 

***************** end ********************


>     GMdS> One thing: the message appear in
>     GMdS> lists/list-name/digest.mbox, even if it isn't delivered.
> 
> So it's getting to the list, and it has to be being processed in the
> incoming queue pipeline at least through to ToDigest.py.  That's a
> good clue.  I'm betting messages are piling up in qfiles right?

I've also checked the qfiles/shunt directory, and some messages are there :-)


Gleydson Mazioli da Silva 
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