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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:48:05 +0100
From: Markus Amersdorfer <markus.amersdorfer@gmx.at>
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Subject: Migration from 2.0.11-1 to 2.1.5-3: update-Script aborts with error
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Package: Mailman
Version: 2.1.5-3
Severity: critical

As part of a complete dist-upgrade, I tried to upgrade Mailman from
Woody's Mailman 2.0.11-1woody8 to the current Sarge version, 2.1.5-3.
Near the end of the update script, there's an AttributeError that keeps
the package from being installed correctly.

Here's a log-transcript for one of the configuration-reruns (thus the
mbox files "seem to be up-to-date" already).

--------------------------------
Setting up mailman (2.1.5-3) ...
Installing site language en ............................................
done.
Upgrading from version 0x2000bf0 to 0x20105f0
getting rid of old source files
Updating mailing list: ganymed-dev
Updating the held requests database.
- updating old private mbox file
    Your installation seems up-to-date, great!
- updating old public mbox file
Fixing language templates: ganymed-dev

Updating mailing list: mailman
Updating the held requests database.
- updating old private mbox file
    Your installation seems up-to-date, great!
- updating old public mbox file
    Your installation seems up-to-date, great!
Fixing language templates: mailman

[... other mailing-lists similar to "mailman" above ...]

Updating Usenet watermarks
- nothing to update here
Updating Mailman 2.0 pending_subscriptions.db database
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/update", line 753, in ?
    errors =3D main()
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/update", line 677, in main
    update_pending()
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/update", line 556, in update_pending
    addr =3D data[0].address
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'address'
dpkg: error processing mailman (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mailman
--------------------------------

At the time of initially trying to install Mailman 2.1.5-3, python2.1
"2.1.3-25" and python2.3 "2.3.4-13" were installed on the system.

As a temporary workaround in order to get a working 2.1-based Mailman,
installing mailman_2.1.4-4.backports.org.1 worked just fine =AD no errors
occured.
(For the backports-Package, python2.2 "2.2.3-10" needed to be installed
too later...)


Justification for severity "critical": With the Sarge-release coming
closer every day, this bug might affect lots of users eventually!

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