[Mailman-Users] AIX install problems

[Greatbanks, Stephen P]

Hi,
	I've been trying to install 2.1.5 (and indeed, 2.1.3) on an AIX 5.2
box with Python 2.2.4 (the version IBM supplies on the Linux toolbox CD).
The code seems to build fine using either xlc or gcc as the compiler, but
either case fails to install in the following way (the same install works
just fine on Fedora);

>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/ja
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/ko
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/lt
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/nl
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/no
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/pl
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/pt
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/pt_BR
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/ru
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/sr
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/sv
>Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/uk
>mkdir: 0653-358 Cannot create /usr/local/mailman/messages/de.
>/usr/local/mailman/messages/de: Do not specify an existing file.
>cp: /usr/local/mailman/messages/de/#inst.1024188#: A parameter must be a
directory.
>make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
>
>
>Stop.
>make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.
>
>
>Stop.

And sure enough at this point, de is a file and not a directory (see below).


$ cd /usr/local/mailman/messages/
$ ls -l
total 128
drwxr-sr-x   2 mailman  mailman         256 May 31 14:11 cs
drwxr-sr-x   2 mailman  mailman         256 May 31 14:11 da
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman         521 May 31 14:11 de
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman        3898 May 31 14:11 es
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman        4409 May 31 14:11 eu
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman         165 May 31 14:11 fi
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman         566 May 31 14:11 fr
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman       10157 May 31 14:11 hu
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman         744 May 31 14:11 it
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman        4683 May 31 14:11 ja
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman         820 May 31 14:11 ko
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman         870 May 31 14:11 pl
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman         490 May 31 14:11 ru
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman        1407 May 31 14:11 sv


Has anybody had any experience with this error (and its resolution)? Has
anybody managed to install any mailman version on AIX 5.x? I have, of course
looked at the FAQ and the mailing list archives and there appears to be
precious little AIX-related information.

Any help appreciated,

Regards,

Steve Greatbanks
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