[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/17/2020 9:46 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 9/17/20 1:47 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: >> That worked perfectly. Thanks. This is the configure command I used: >> >> *./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/mailman --with-username=mailman >> --with-groupname=mailman --with-cgi-gid=apache --with-mail-gid=mailman

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/17/20 6:44 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > > I didn't have it quite right. I got this postfix error: > ... > I assumed, for lack of anything better, '*--with-mail-gid=mailman'*.  > Obviously I should have used '*--with-mail-gid=nobody*'. The > documentation was lacking on what that parameter

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/17/20 1:47 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > > That worked perfectly. Thanks. This is the configure command I used: > > *./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/mailman --with-username=mailman > --with-groupname=mailman --with-cgi-gid=apache --with-mail-gid=mailman > --with-pid-dir=/var/run/mailman/

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/17/2020 4:47 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > On 9/16/2020 4:33 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: >> I have created a work in progress FAQ at >> . This contains an updated patch that >> applies cleanly to the head of the lp:mailman branch and also patches >> configure so the

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/16/2020 4:33 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > I have created a work in progress FAQ at > . This contains an updated patch that > applies cleanly to the head of the lp:mailman branch and also patches > configure so the `autoconf` step is not required. It also contains

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

I have created a work in progress FAQ at . This contains an updated patch that applies cleanly to the head of the lp:mailman branch and also patches configure so the `autoconf` step is not required. It also contains a brief summary of steps to upgrade. If you try

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/16/20 12:11 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 9/16/20 11:10 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> On to the next layer of the onion. After the install I get this: >> >> #./check_perms -f >> WARNING: directory does not exist: @PID_DIR@ >> WARNING: directory does not exist: @CONFIG_DIR@ >>

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/16/2020 2:34 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: On 9/16/20 12:11 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: configure should have replaced the things @PID_DIR@, @CONFIG_DIR@, @LOCK_DIR@, @QUEUE_DIR@ and @LOG_DIR@ with actual paths. I think you need to provide options like --with-pid-dir=/var/run/mailman/ --

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/16/20 12:11 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > configure should have replaced the things @PID_DIR@, @CONFIG_DIR@, > @LOCK_DIR@, @QUEUE_DIR@ and @LOG_DIR@ with actual paths. > > I think you need to provide options like > --with-pid-dir=/var/run/mailman/ -- with-config-dir=/etc/mailman >

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/16/20 11:10 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On to the next layer of the onion. After the install I get this: > > #./check_perms -f > WARNING: directory does not exist: @PID_DIR@ > WARNING: directory does not exist: @CONFIG_DIR@ > WARNING: directory does not exist: @LOCK_DIR@ >

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

Hi Mark, On to the next layer of the onion. After the install I get this: #./check_perms -f WARNING: directory does not exist: @PID_DIR@ WARNING: directory does not exist: @CONFIG_DIR@ WARNING: directory does not exist: @LOCK_DIR@ WARNING: directory does not exist: @QUEUE_DIR@ WARNING: directory

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/15/20 12:28 PM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > On 9/15/2020 3:06 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: >> >> If you are in the directory that you unpacked the Mailman 2.1.34 tarball >> into, do >> >> patch -p1 < /path/to/mailman-FHS.patch >> >> > Hi Mark, > > I guess there is still something wrong: > > # patch

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/15/2020 3:06 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > If you are in the directory that you unpacked the Mailman 2.1.34 tarball > into, do > > patch -p1 < /path/to/mailman-FHS.patch > > Hi Mark, I guess there is still something wrong: # patch -p1 <../mailman-FHS.patch patching file bin/check_perms Hunk #1

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/15/2020 2:06 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: On 9/15/20 10:44 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: I guess I don't know how to use patch. Better documentation would be helpful. man patch? In all fairness, as I recall "-p" isn't explained all that well. The diff file has paths to file(s) to patch,

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/15/20 10:44 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > > I guess I don't know how to use patch. Better documentation would be > helpful. man patch? > # patch --verbose -i ../mailman-FHS.patch > > Hmm...  Looks like a unified diff to me... > can't find file to patch at input line 5 > Perhaps you should

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/15/2020 1:13 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 9/15/20 9:02 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: >> Thanks again. I thought if I was already at 2.1.15 the patch was not >> necessary. However, reading the article it is not clear to me when/where >> to run that patch. Does it get run after the install or before

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/15/20 9:02 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > > Thanks again. I thought if I was already at 2.1.15 the patch was not > necessary. However, reading the article it is not clear to me when/where > to run that patch. Does it get run after the install or before running > ./config? It needs to be

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/15/2020 10:26 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 9/15/20 6:56 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: >> Thanks for the reply. Your article is not much help as I am already at >> 2.1.15 so the paths are already correct. I turned off SELinux to see if >> that helps but there is another issue after the reboot. I'll

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/15/20 6:56 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. Your article is not much help as I am already at > 2.1.15 so the paths are already correct. I turned off SELinux to see if > that helps but there is another issue after the reboot. I'll let you > know when I get the machine back

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/14/2020 9:11 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 9/14/20 9:59 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: >> On 8/29/2020 2:11 PM, Dennis Putnam wrote: >>> Since Centos 7 is way behind on mailman rpm (2.1.15 is the only >>> available rpm) and mailman is currently at 2.1.34 I need to do a manual >>> update. While I know

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 9/14/20 9:59 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > On 8/29/2020 2:11 PM, Dennis Putnam wrote: >> Since Centos 7 is way behind on mailman rpm (2.1.15 is the only >> available rpm) and mailman is currently at 2.1.34 I need to do a manual >> update. While I know how to install software, I am concerned that

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manual Update on Centos 7 (RH)

On 8/29/2020 2:11 PM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > Since Centos 7 is way behind on mailman rpm (2.1.15 is the only > available rpm) and mailman is currently at 2.1.34 I need to do a manual > update. While I know how to install software, I am concerned that just > doing a manual install from the tarball