[Mailman-Users] Br0ken Mailman - Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS - SOLVED

[Odhiambo Washington]

I somehow managed to solve this:
apt install python-pip
/usr/bin/pip uninstall dnspython
/usr/bin/pip install dnspython

Ubuntu seems to have moved python2.7 to /usr/bin while making python3.7
resident in /usr/local/bin


On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 14:34, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I got an error this morning about some strange permission while run the
> cron.
>
> Cron <list at lists> [ -x /usr/local/mailman/cron/senddigests ] &&
> /usr/local/mailman/cron/senddigests:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 120, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 98, in main
>     mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0)
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 133, in __init__
>     self.Load()
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 693, in Load
>     dict, e = self.__load(file)
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 656, in __load
>     fp = open(dbfile)
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '/usr/local/mailman/lists/skunkworks/config.pck'
>
> So I fumbled around trying to figure it out without success!
> bin/check_perms -f did not help either.
>
> And now I tried to manually recompile and build mailman and ended up with
> even more problems:
>
> root at lists:/home/wash/Mailman/2.1.29/mailman-2.1.29# ./configure
> --with-cgi-gid=33 --with-mail-gid=117
> checking for --with-python... no
> checking for python... /usr/bin/python
> checking Python interpreter... /usr/bin/python
> checking Python version... 2.7.15rc1
> checking dnspython... Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "conftest.py", line 2, in <module>
>     import dns.resolver
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/resolver.py", line 33, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/message.py", line 36, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/rrset.py", line 24, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/renderer.py", line 26, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/tsig.py", line 64, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/name.py", line 912, in from_text
> struct.error: cannot convert argument to integer
> cat: conftest.out: No such file or directory
>
> .......
> .......
>
> make install
> ......
> ......
>
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/ArchRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/BounceRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/CommandRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/MaildirRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/NewsRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/RetryRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/VirginRunner.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/__init__.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/sbcache.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/SafeDict.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/SecurityManager.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Site.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/TopicMgr.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/UserDesc.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Version.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/__init__.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/i18n.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/versions.py ...
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "bin/update", line 50, in <module>
>     from Mailman import Utils
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 76, in <module>
>     import dns.resolver
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/resolver.py", line 33, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/message.py", line 36, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/rrset.py", line 24, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/renderer.py", line 26, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/tsig.py", line 64, in <module>
>   File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/dns/name.py", line 912, in from_text
> struct.error: cannot convert argument to integer
> Makefile:133: recipe for target 'update' failed
> make: *** [update] Error 1
>
> And of now I am just flummoxed :)
>
> What is it about this dns,resolver??
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
> "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)
>


-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)