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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:43:49 -0400
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Subject: Re: python2.5->2.6 and mailman(python2.5)
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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/