[Mailman-Users] upgrading from version 2.1.9 to latest availableversion

[Chad Rebuck]

Thank you very much for the reply about upgrade options.  The suggested fix
for the unsubscribe issue worked perfectly.

Chad

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net> wrote:

> Chad Rebuck wrote:
> >
> >it does appear mailman was installed by rpm.  if there is no rpm available
> >to upgrade would it be difficult to upgrade to 2.1.13 or should I go to
> >3.something?  I found the pages a little confusing on what the latest
> >version really is.  What version would be recommended to upgrade to?
>
>
> MM 3 is still in alpha exposure. It is not ready to be run in
> production, and I think, there is not yet a clear migration path for
> MM 2.1 lists.
>
> The latest released version to upgrade to is 2.1.13 although there will
> be a 2.1.14 release currently targeted for late Sept.
>
> In order to update a RedHat RPM release from source, there are three
> possible paths.
>
> Path 1 is to modify the patch at
> <
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2004-October/017343.html
> >
> for the current source release, and then run configure with the
> appropriate path locations to match your current RPM installation.
>
> Path 2 is to install Mailman from source as a separate installation in
> a non-conflicting location, and then move your lists and archives from
> the old installation to the new.
>
> Path 3 is to configure Mailman with --prefix=/usr/lib/mailman and
> --with-var-prefix=/var/lib/mailman which may more or less work.
>
> If you have SELinux enabled, both paths 2 and 3 will create SELinux
> issues.
>
> However, I think upgrading will not affect the following issue which
> appears to be a misedited listinfo.html template for the list.
>
>
> >details on the inability to unsubscribe:
> >
> >the unsubscribe using the checkbox on the admin page does work.
>
>
> Good.
>
>
> >the unsubscribe via email does work as well.
>
>
> Good.
>
>
> >It is the unsubscribe on this page that does not work
> >
> >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
> >
> >For a test I registered
> >a new email then tried to unsubscribe using this page above.   I would
> >receive an email with subject of "mailman privacy alert" and a body such
> as,
> >"an attempt was made to subscribe your address to the mailing list ....
>  you
> >are already subscribed to the list."
>
>
> Someone has edited the listinfo page template for this list and broken
> it. It looks like the portion of this template at the end, which in
> the base template is
>
>        <MM-Options-Form-Start>
>        <MM-Editing-Options>
>                <MM-Form-End>
>      </td>
>    </tr>
>  </table>
> <MM-Mailman-Footer>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
>
>
> Has been changed and "<MM-Options-Form-Start>" has been replaced by
> "<MM-Subscribe-Form-Start>".
>
> I can't tell for sure what the change was as I only see the page
> generated from the template and not the template itself, but it is
> something along these lines.
>
> Go to the list admin interface and follow the "Edit the public HTML
> pages and text files" link and then the "General list information
> page" link and you will see and be able to fix the template.
>
> --
> Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net>        The highway is for gamblers,
> San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
>
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