[Mailman-Users] Solaris install problem

David Sammons sammons_david at yahoo.com.mx
Wed Sep 18 06:29:58 CEST 2002


  You have a module "pwd" in python2.../Modules/Setup
which it´s commented, just uncomment that and
re-compile python and if it´s necesary MM too...

 
--- derf <derf at sonic.net> escribió: > 
> 
> I'm trying to install Mailman under Solaris 8 with
> the 8_recommended patches
> installed.  I've downloaded, compiled, and installed
> Python 2.2.1.  While
> attempting to configure Mailman 2.0.13, it gives the
> following error no
> matter what I do:
> 
> # ./configure --with-username=mailman
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for --with-python... no
> checking for python... /usr/local/bin/python
> checking Python interpreter... /usr/local/bin/python
> checking Python version... 2.2.1
> checking for a BSD compatible install...
> ./install-sh -c
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for true... /usr/bin/true
> checking for --without-gcc... no
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a
> cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking whether #! works in shell scripts... yes
> checking for --with-var-prefix... no
> checking for --with-username... mailman
> checking for mailman UID... Traceback (most recent
> call last):
>   File "conftest.py", line 1, in ?
>     import pwd, string
> ImportError: No module named pwd
> cat: cannot open conftest.out
> 
> 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.
> # 
> 
> My /etc/passwd has the following line in it:
> 
> mailman:x:126:508::/apps/mailman:/usr/local/bin/tcsh
> 
> The user and group have been created as per the
> instructions.  I'm thinking
> that it's giving me this error message, but not
> because of the user issue,
> but because of something else.
> 
> Does anybody have any idea what this could be?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Derf
> 
>
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