Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:11:42 -0300 From: Jean Milanez Melo <jmelo@freebsdbrasil.com.br> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: delphij@delphij.net, Lee@dilkie.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mailman upgrade broke "group mismatch" Message-ID: <44876B3E.1060309@freebsdbrasil.com.br> In-Reply-To: <op.tasbzpq09aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <44863391.9000805@dilkie.com> <1149647154.965.4.camel@spirit> <op.tasbzpq09aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:25:54 -0500, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> wrote: > >> Hi, Lee, >> >> 在 2006-06-06二的 22:01 -0400，Lee Dilkie写道： >>> I've tried changing the group on the /usr/local/mailman tree to >>> "mailnull" >>> >>> I've tried setting MM_GROUPNAME=mailnull and MM_GROUPID=26 (mailnull's >>> group ID) in /etc/make.conf and running portupgrade -f mailman. In >>> order for "configure" to work I have to "chgrp -R >>> mailnull /usr/local/mailman" first. But that doesn't work in the end >>> either. Actually, the web interface works but posts to lists don't do >>> anything, no bounce either. >>> >>> I've tried mv-ing /usr/local/mailman to another directory and >>> re-installing mailman into a clean directory, copying over those files >>> I think are important from the old dir (all my lists and stuff), and >>> still it doesn't work. BTW, the default mailman from ports does *not* >>> use group "mailnull", it uses "mailman". >>> >>> Just what do I have to do to get my lists back up and working again? >> >> Have you tried to have a "make config" in ports/mail/mailman and choose >> postfix, then deinstall and reinstall the port? >> >> BTW. Having the configuration in /etc/make.conf is not generally >> encouraged. If you use portupgrade(1) then it would be better to >> use /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf instead. > > I disagree, the make.conf is global and will work by any tools. > Therefore, pkgtools.conf is not generally encouraged. > Hello, I'm mailman maintainer. In the Makefile, the variable MAIL_GID is defined using +=, so when you set this variable in make.conf the resulting MAIL_GID variable would be "mailman mailnull". Tomorrow i'll fix it to ?=, so MAIL_GID in make.conf will work again. Other option is use "make config" in ports directory to choose the MAIL_GID and do all the rest for you. - Jean
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