----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Try the following: > and add the line ' print n' so it becomes > > mlists = [] > longest = 0 > for n in names: > print n > mlist = MailList.MailList(n, lock=0) > if advertised and not mlist.advertised: > continue > if vhost and mm_cfg.VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW and \ > vhost.find(mlist.web_page_url) == -1 and \ > mlist.web_page_url.find(vhost) == -1: > continue > mlists.append(mlist) > longest = max(len(mlist.real_name), longest) > > > Make sure that 'print' is indented exactly 8 spaces. Then run > bin/my_list_lists. > > This should print list names one by one until it throws the exception > and prints the traceback. The last name printed has a problem. > Temporarily move this list aside > > mv /var/lib/mailman/thislist /somewhere/outside/mailman/thislist > > and then run bin/my_list_lists again to see if there are any problems. > If not, you've identified the one problem list. There is something > wrong with this list's config.pck. There is something mysterious if > various software says this list doesn't have an 'advertised' or > 'real_name' attribute, yet bin/dumpdb says it does. > > OTOH, maybe bin/my_list_lists fails on the first list and then when you > move that list aside, it fails on the next one and so on. This would > incriminate the software somehow and not a list. BINGO! The results listed several lists without error, and then there was the attribute error for real_name. The preceeding list was the mailman list! So with appropriate backups, I renamed the mailman list's config.pck.last file to config.pck and ran mylist_lists again, and it ran without error, listing all of my lists! And guess what, the list overview web page works as expected now! Luke:/var/lib/mailman/bin# ./mylist_lists <listname> <listname> <listname> <listname> mailman Traceback (most recent call last): File "./mylist_lists", line 123, in ? main() File "./mylist_lists", line 103, in main longest = max(len(mlist.real_name), longest) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 144, in __getattr__ raise AttributeError, name AttributeError: real_name Luke:/var/lib/mailman/bin# Do you agree that there was something VERY subtle about what was wrong with it? Here's a snippet from the original config.pck: 'preferred_language': 'en', 'private_roster': 1, 'real_name': 'Mailman', 'reject_these_nonmembers': [], 'reply_goes_to_list': 0, The real_name -looks- OK to a text editor, no? Here's how it looks now: 'preferred_language': 'en', 'private_roster': 1, 'real_name': 'Mailman', 'reject_these_nonmembers': [], 'reply_goes_to_list': 0, Running diff adds to the confusion, and it's getting difficult to explain. If I diff the present (working) config.pck (the renamed config.pck.last file) and config-orig.pck (the problem file), there is NO DIFFERENCE. However, if I diff config-orig.pck (problem file) and config.pck.last.orig (the original pck.last file), there IS a difference!! So it seems that simply renaming the "same" (according to diff) file fixed the problem?! Some very subtle binary difference not detectable in the text output from dumpdb?? Luke:/var/lib/mailman/lists/mailman# diff config.pck config-orig.pck Luke:/var/lib/mailman/lists/mailman# Luke:/var/lib/mailman/lists/mailman# diff config-orig.pck config.pck.last.orig Binary files config-orig.pck and config.pck.last.orig differ ============================================== A special THANK YOU to Mark Shapiro for his patient and detailed help on this problem. Hopefully something in this thread has helped someone else now or in the future! - John ============================================== ------------------------------------------------------ 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