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Szilveszter Farkas (phanatic) wrote : mailman broken after security upgrade on gutsy

Binary package hint: mailman

I got the following output during an 'apt-get upgrade':

Setting up mailman (1:2.1.9-8ubuntu0.1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/list_lists", line 47, in <module>
    from Mailman import MailList
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 64, in <module>
    from Mailman import Gui
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
    from General import General
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/General.py", line 438
    elif property == 'info':
       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Installing site language en ............................................ done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/update", line 51, in <module>
    from Mailman import MailList
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 64, in <module>
    from Mailman import Gui
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
    from General import General
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/General.py", line 438
    elif property == 'info':
       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/list_lists", line 47, in <module>
    from Mailman import MailList
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 64, in <module>
    from Mailman import Gui
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
    from General import General
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/General.py", line 438
    elif property == 'info':
       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
 * Site list for mailman (usually named mailman) missing.
 * Please create it; until then, mailman will refuse to start.
WARNING: compile error while trying to byte-compile /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/General.py: File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/General.py", line 438
    elif property == 'info':
       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

(And I also get the same traceback in the logfiles when I try to access the lists page.)