Python "newlist" error from mailman install 6.0.6: ValueError: bad marshal data

[Matt Darcy]

Binary package hint: python

Installing Mailman on a fully patched ubuntu 6.0.6 x86 server install, I run the command "newlist" which brings up the following error.

All packages are latest supplied from ubuntu repo - no backports.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/newlist", line 79, in ?
    from Mailman import MailList
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 40, in ?
    from email.Utils import getaddresses, formataddr, parseaddr
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/email/Utils.py", line 10, in ?
    import base64

This could be an error with mailman, but I doubt it as I have used as similar versions as possible to ubuntu in a custom build and it works, I believe this is a problem with the packaged version of python current in 6.0.6 (this is only a theory).

[Tom Mortimer-Jones (tom-morty)]

Thanks for the bug report.

Can you check to see if /usr/lib/python2.4/base64.py is present on your system.

[Tom Mortimer-Jones (tom-morty)]

I am closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the package name, under the Affects column, and change the Status back to "New".