[Mailman-Users] Trouble with newlist

[Jon Carnes]

At the command line type launch the Python interpretor:
 python

   # in the python interpretor:
   import os
   dir(os)

Look in this lengthy list for fsync.

Tell us what version of Python you are using, and you might want to
cut/past the output of the "dir(os)" command.

On my systems, "help(os.fsync)" returns:
  Help on built-in function fsync:
 
  fsync(...)
      fsync(fildes) -> None
      force write of file with filedescriptor to disk.
  (END)

Note: you have to "import os" before you can look at its built-in
functions

This is looking like a problem with the Python install.

Jon Carnes

On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 12:39, Steve Pirk wrote:
> Nope... Upgraded python from the 2.3.3 source, and
> I still get this when I add a list... bummer.
> 
> Hit enter to notify mailman owner...
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "bin/newlist", line 219, in ?
>     main()
>   File "bin/newlist", line 212, in main
>     msg.send(mlist)
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Message.py", line 233, in send
>     self._enqueue(mlist, **_kws)
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Message.py", line 244, in _enqueue
>     reduced_list_headers = 1,
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 133, in
> enqueue
>     os.fsync(msgfp.fileno())
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fsync'
> 
> 
> --
> Steve
> 
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Steve Pirk wrote:
> 
> > I am using Slackware 9.1 (fresh install) Here is the
> > version on python:
> > Python 2.3.1 (#1, Sep 24 2003, 16:45:45)
> >
> > Maybe I will do a fresh install of the latest version.
> > Could be that the included one is fubar'd. It is the
> > latest stable version of MM. I used to run an older
> > version, but it was lost in the disk crash. :-)
> > --
> > Steve
> >
> > On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Richard Barrett wrote:
> >
> > > On 7 Mar 2004, at 10:16, Steve Pirk wrote:
> > >
> > > > After a supposedly clean install of the latest mailman,
> > > > I get this error when adding a list (even the initial
> > > > mailman list):
> > > >
> > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > >   File "bin/newlist", line 219, in ?
> > > >     main()
> > > >   File "bin/newlist", line 212, in main
> > > >     msg.send(mlist)
> > > >   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Message.py", line 233, in send
> > > >     self._enqueue(mlist, **_kws)
> > > >   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Message.py", line 244, in _enqueue
> > > >     reduced_list_headers = 1,
> > > >   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 133, in
> > > > enqueue
> > > >     os.fsync(msgfp.fileno())
> > > > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fsync'
> > > >
> > >
> > > This looks as though something is wrong with your python installation
> > > as you are being told that the function fsync in the standard os module
> > > cannot be found.
> > >
> > > What OS are you running and which version of OS, Python and Mailman?
> > > Have you ckecked compatibility in the MM installation and upgrading
> > > files.
> > >
> 
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