Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:16:24 -0400 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Python port problems Message-ID: <4EE3B16A-F260-4032-8606-F2E8D75E92A2@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <44958D50.4050000@dial.pipex.com> References: <9842C36E-C450-4282-9019-BA2DD3476684@netmusician.org> <fb6605670605221727h719579a2gdeae84452036f6e8@mail.gmail.com> <2A55FF5E-F764-406A-BE0E-272246F425B5@netmusician.org> <448xoska3k.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <44733B8B.6030404@dial.pipex.com> <B766BA83-CF9A-404C-B8AB-3F9BF4D7180C@netmusician.org> <448FDE6B.4000703@dial.pipex.com> <38D0516F-2F6B-4700-9006-5A2D6034DC0C@netmusician.org> <449042EF.9040905@dial.pipex.com> <4680C6D4-50F9-4441-8B54-924092A1A3AD@netmusician.org> <44913391.7060906@dial.pipex.com> <7B276387-F946-4FEC-81D1-8CF9B95808E2@netmusician.org> <44958D50.4050000@dial.pipex.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I sent on this problem to the Mailman list and got the following response.... is this useful? > Joe Auty wrote: > >> >> On Jun 18, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: >> >> >>> Joe Auty wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> When I try to startup the Mailport FreeBSD port via its rc >>>> script, I >>>> get the following: >>>> >>>> >>>> ... snipped all sorts of stuff .... >>>> >>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>> Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix> >>>> File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 76, in ? >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> First it seems some configuration step may have been missed. >>> <prefix> >>> should have been replaced with a path - probably /usr/local/ >>> mailman/. >>> >> >> Hmmm... >> >> How do I correct this? >> > > > I have no idea. What I said in my first response still applies. > > > >>>> This same port works on another FreeBSD machine of mine. I've posed >>>> this question to the FreeBSD Questions list, but I seem to have >>>> baffled some, which is why I thought I would post this question >>>> here. >>>> I hope this appropriate to post here. >>>> > > > You might compare the 'rc' file on this machine to the one on the > working machine. That might provide a clue. > > > This is the paragraph I was referring to above by "what I said ..." > > > >>> We probably can't be much help either. The output you posted seems >>> 'interleaved' and is not too intelligible without knowing what is >>> being run. In general, we are not able to help much with 3rd party >>> packages when the problem is with the package rather than the >>> underlying Mailman. >>> >>> >> >> Just in case you'd like to take a stab at this, I'm enclosing the >> full error message. I'd *really* appreciate your help if you are able >> to help me, since I'd really like to get Mailman running again on >> this computer somehow, and have reached the end of my rope... >> > > > The full output really isn't any more help than the excerpt, since we > still have no idea what's in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailman.sh that's > producing all these errors. This script is part of your FreeBSD port. > It's not in our distribution. Also, we have no idea in what ways files > we do know about have been changed in your package. > > One wild guess - look at bin/paths.py. It should contain real paths as > definitions for 'prefix' and 'exec_prefix'. If it's wrong, then so > probably are cron/paths.py and scripts/paths.py (and who knows what > else). > > -- > Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > - ----------- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) iD8DBQFElhcJCgdfeCwsL5ERAt6PAJ0SXIrbu4000QYRmR7Wwo4kiOwfDwCeN0gK f5QmeUciYUq9w+e5rcHyoxw= =JWcR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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