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Date:      Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:43:49 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be>
Cc:        "mail.list freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: python2.5->2.6 and mailman(python2.5)
Message-ID:  <44y6rx7k3u.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906120937390.43760@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be> (Pieter Donche's message of "Fri\, 12 Jun 2009 10\:14\:54 %2B0200 \(CEST\)")
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906110917350.47634@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be> <200906111127.57696.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906120937390.43760@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be>

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Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> writes:

> I followed the /usr/ports/UPGRADING recommendations
> for upgrading from python 2.5 to python 2.6
>
> # portupgrade -o lang/python26 lang/python25
> and then
> # cd /usr/ports/lang/python && make upgrade-site-packages
>
> /usr/local/bin/python2.5 is now completely replaced by
> /usr/local/bin/python2.6 but my mailman software
> mailman-2.1.12  A mailing list manager (MLM) ..
> still wants it:
>
> The cron entry that runs every 5 minutes, sends an error message to root ...
> /usr/local/bin/python2.5: not found
>
> mailman software has /usr/local/bin/python2.5 hardcoded in many, many
> scripts, cron etc...
>
> How to solve this in the most clean manner?

I just shut mailman down and did a full rebuild of it 
("portupgrade -f mailman").

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/



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