At 9:41 AM -0400 2006-04-13, Thomas Waters wrote: > Our mm_cfg.py file listed the correct values for Default URL and > Default host, so I don't understand how/why the default.py file was > 1) wrong,
It wasn't wrong. Or, at least it shouldn't have been "wrong", since that file is only supposed to supply the default values as provided with the Mailman code. > and 2) over-riding the mm_cfg.py file. I guess I don't > understand how these two files relate to each other. The mm_cfg.py file should over-ride any conflicting values that are found in Defaults.py. That's the whole purpose of this file -- we provide a set of defaults for you in Defaults.py, and then if you want anything different you put those things in mm_cfg.py. Now, what may be tripping you up is some of the values specified in the configuration files are additive -- it's not either/or, but both. So, if Defaults.py specifies things one way and mm_cfg.py specifies something else, it's not that the values in Defaults.py get over-ridden, but instead the values specified in the mm_cfg.py file get added to whatever is defined in Defaults.py. However, these things are only additive in the areas where it makes sense for that to happen, so you should go back to the installation instructions and make sure that you understand which configuration options are used for what, and precisely what is used where and in what format. In particular, quoting is very important. If you get the quoting wrong (using the wrong type of quote characters or in the wrong place), then you definitely will not get what you expected. In addition, white space is important -- Python uses white space indentation as block formatting. So: This Is not the same as: This Why? Because the leading white space is different. IIRC, there shouldn't be any leading white space anywhere in either of these configuration files, and all of our documentation showing the various configuration options should be free of any leading white space. If you've got any leading white space, you should check to make sure that it is appropriate for that particular configuration option in that particular place. -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 LOPSA member since December 2005. See <http://www.lopsa.org/>. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp