Terri Oda wrote: > >Ulf Dunkel wrote: >> They asked me to install Mailman v2.1.13 "manually" because this doesn't >> seem to be possible with apt-get right now. >> >> Because I have not installed a single app myself without the help of the >> package manager aptitude, I am kind of stuck. >> >> Can you give me a little howto? > >There's one on list.org: http://list.org/mailman-install/index.html > >It may not seem little from that table of contents, but the sections >mostly quite short and simple. I think it's bundled with the source, >and you can get it in a few other formats if you prefer: > >http://list.org/site.html
Terri is correct about Mailman not being particularly difficult to install, but there are some caveats for upgrading a Debian installation from source. When you run configure, you will probably want to specify --prefix=/usr/lib/mailman --with-var-prefix=/var/lib/mailman --with-username=list --with-groupname=list You probably also need to specify --with-cgi-gid= and -with-mail-gid=. These are respectively the group with which the web server invokes CGIs (maybe www-data?) and the group with which the mail server will invoke the wrapper, although Debian normally uses postfix_to_mailman.py, but I think the group is important. Debian patches the wrappers to accept any group with numerical gid < 100, but without that patch, you need to get it right. You might also look at other Debian patches at <http://patch-tracker.debian.org/package/mailman>. In particular, those Defaults.py.in patches in "01_defaults.debian.patch" are things you probably want in mm_cfg.py to keep doing things the Debian way. The alternative is to do a default source install per the manual and then move your lists per the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/2oA9>. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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
