Geoff Shang wrote: > >I patched Mailman/Queue/Runner.py and the patch applied cleanly. I even >checked that the patch had applied. > >I stopped and restarted Mailman. > >But Runner.pyc wasn't updated. > >I deleted Runner.pyc in order to make sure that the old one wasn't being >used, but 17 hours on, Runner.pyc hasn't been recreated. > >The system seems to be running fine from what I've seen, but I'm curious >to know if the file I'm patched is in fact being used at all.
Assuming the file you patched is in the Mailman/Queue/ directory that is actually being used by Mailman, You are getting the patched module. This is a permissions issue. The qrunners do not have permission to write Mailman/Queue/Runner.pyc. When Runner is imported, Python detects that Runner.py is newer than Runner.pyc (or there is no Runner.pyc) and loads and compiles Runner.py. It then attempts to write Runner.pyc, but if it fails, it just goes on. The Mailman/Queue/ directory should be Mailman's group, group writable and SETGID, and all the files should be Mailman's group and group writable. -- Mark Sapiro <[email protected]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
