Mark, If I issue the python command, I get this:
Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Jul 17 2007, 11:25:13) [GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-20)] on linux2 I also have this in the mailman directory: /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib/lib/python2.5 >From the error log: Jul 18 13:36:37 2009 admin(29902): @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ admin(29902): [----- Mailman Version: 2.1.12 -----] admin(29902): [----- Traceback ------] admin(29902): Traceback (most recent call last): admin(29902): File "/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 112, in run_main admin(29902): main() admin(29902): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 173, in main admin(29902): change_options(mlist, category, subcat, cgidata, doc) admin(29902): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 1296, in change_options admin(29902): gui.handleForm(mlist, category, subcat, cgidata, doc) admin(29902): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Gui/GUIBase.py", line 176, in handleForm admin(29902): self._setValue(mlist, property, val, doc) admin(29902): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Gui/Digest.py", line 148, in _setValue admin(29902): status = mlist.send_digest_now() admin(29902): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Digester.py", line 60, in send_digest_now admin(29902): ToDigest.send_digests(self, mboxfp) admin(29902): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 142, in send_digests admin(29902): send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) admin(29902): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 339, in send_i18n_digests admin(29902): mcset = msg.get_content_charset('') admin(29902): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/email/message.py", line 759, in get_content_charset admin(29902): charset = unicode(charset, 'us-ascii').encode('us-ascii') admin(29902): TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported admin(29902): [----- Python Information -----] admin(29902): sys.version = 2.5 (r25:51908, Jul 17 2007, 11:25:13) [GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-20)] admin(29902): sys.executable = /usr/local/bin/python admin(29902): sys.prefix = /usr/local admin(29902): sys.exec_prefix = /usr/local admin(29902): sys.path = /usr/local admin(29902): sys.platform = linux2 admin(29902): [----- Environment Variables -----] admin(29902): HTTP_COOKIE: test7+admin=280200000069602b624a732800000039393136383039663362343739636134303861623336376235663537396466393436643463613665 admin(29902): SERVER_SOFTWARE: Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) admin(29902): SCRIPT_NAME: /mailman/admin admin(29902): SERVER_SIGNATURE: admin(29902): REQUEST_METHOD: POST admin(29902): HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE: 300 admin(29902): SERVER_PROTOCOL: HTTP/1.1 admin(29902): QUERY_STRING: admin(29902): CONTENT_LENGTH: 438 admin(29902): HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7 admin(29902): HTTP_USER_AGENT: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060215 Firefox/3.0.11 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) admin(29902): HTTP_CONNECTION: keep-alive admin(29902): HTTP_REFERER: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/admin/test7/digest admin(29902): SERVER_NAME: listsmart.osl.state.or.us admin(29902): REMOTE_ADDR: 71.215.130.72 admin(29902): PATH_TRANSLATED: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/test7/digest admin(29902): SERVER_PORT: 80 admin(29902): SERVER_ADDR: 159.121.122.233 admin(29902): DOCUMENT_ROOT: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs admin(29902): PYTHONPATH: /usr/local/mailman admin(29902): SCRIPT_FILENAME: /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/admin admin(29902): SERVER_ADMIN: r...@swiki.osl.state.or.us admin(29902): HTTP_HOST: listsmart.osl.state.or.us admin(29902): REQUEST_URI: /mailman/admin/test7/digest admin(29902): HTTP_ACCEPT: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8 admin(29902): GATEWAY_INTERFACE: CGI/1.1 admin(29902): REMOTE_PORT: 1809 admin(29902): HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en-us,en;q=0.5 admin(29902): CONTENT_TYPE: application/x-www-form-urlencoded admin(29902): HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: gzip,deflate admin(29902): PATH_INFO: /test7/digest On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Mark Sapiro<m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > Christopher Adams wrote: > >>I just upgraded to Mailman 2.1.12. I noticed that the digests are not >>going out. When I run the /bin/senddigests script manually, it goes >>through all list digest mailboxes and I get this message: >> >>List: mylistnamer: problem processing >>/usr/local/mailman/lists/mylistname/digest.mbox: >>decoding Unicode is not supported >> >>If I try to generate a specific list digest from the admin interface, >>it results in the "You've Hit a Bug" message. >> >>I have read some about possible reasons for this error and it seems to >>point to Python. >> >>I am running RedHat ES 3 and Python 2.5. There is a plan to move to a >>new server with a newer OS, but for the short-term I am wondering if >>this is a Python issue and if Python should be upgraded. The Mailman >>wiki says: >> >> It is highly recommended that you upgrade to the latest patch release >>of one of the following: >> >> * Python 2.4 >> * Python 2.5 >> >>For now, we recommend using Python 2.5.2. >> >>Can someone verify whether this is a Python issue and will an upgrade >>to 2.5.2 make a difference. Of course, I'm not sure Python 2.5 is >>really designed to run on RH ES 3, but it has been doing fine up til >>now. > > > There is an issue with Mailman 2.1.12 and some versions of the Python > email package. This is mentioned in the FAQ at > <http://wiki.list.org/x/pYA9> in the "Update - March 2009:" paragraph > including a link to a patch to Python's email/Charset.py module that > will fix it. > > However, I think this problem only occurs with email version 3.0.2 > which only shipped with Python 2.4.4 through 2.4.6. Python 2.5 shipped > with email 4.0.1 which I don't think has this specific issue. > > Are you sure your Mailman is using Python 2.5? Do you also have python > 2.4 libraries on your system? > > In any case, there should be a traceback from the "we hit a bug" error > in Mailman's error log. What is that? > > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > -- Christopher Adams adam...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9