Package: mailman3
Version: 3.3.8-2~deb12u1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
I upgraded from mailman2 to mailman3.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
I read /usr/share/doc/mailman3/README.Debian, which said nothing about
mariadb as a backend database. During the upgrade/install process, the
scripts said nothing about mariadb, and instead said that sqlite3 was
the default database and postgresql was the recommended database.
I chose postgresql during the upgrade/install.
* What was the outcome of this action?
After fully installing mailman3 (and mailman3-web) and debugging the
installs, the mailman3 systemd service did not automatically start after a
reboot. This failure to start after a reboot happened on at least two
independent reboots.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected the mailman3 systemd service to start automatically after each
reboot.
* Analysis:
The file /lib/systemd/system/mailman3.service includes the lines:
7 ConditionPathExists=/etc/mailman3/mailman.cfg
8 After=mariadb.service
9 Wants=mariadb.service
10
which appear to be the result of fixing bug #1030156:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1030156
Based on info systemd -> info systemd.directives -> info systemd.unit,
these lines look OK, but similar lines for postgresql are needed.
* Suggestion:
Two possibilities to fix this in /lib/systemd/system/mailman3.service ,
as discussed with Christopher Bock on #debian irc, are:
(1) change to
After=mariadb.service postgresql.service
Wants=mariadb.service postgresql.service
or
(2) change to
After=mariadb.service
After=postgresql.service
Wants=mariadb.service
After=postgresql.service
Since sqlite3 does not use systemd, it cannot and does not need to be
added to the systemd service file.
Cheers
Boud
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.2
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages mailman3 depends on:
ii cron 3.0pl1-162
pn dbconfig-sqlite3 | dbconfig-pgsql | dbconfig-mysql | dbconfi <none>
g-no-thanks
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.82
ii init-system-helpers 1.65.2
ii logrotate 3.21.0-1
ii python3 3.11.2-1+b1
ii python3-aiosmtpd 1.4.3-1.1
ii python3-alembic 1.8.1-2
ii python3-authheaders 0.15.2-1
ii python3-authres 1.2.0-3
ii python3-click 8.1.3-2
ii python3-dateutil 2.8.2-2
ii python3-dnspython 2.3.0-1
ii python3-falcon 3.1.1-1+b1
ii python3-flufl.bounce 4.0-3
ii python3-flufl.i18n 3.0.1-3
ii python3-flufl.lock 5.0.1-4
ii python3-gunicorn 20.1.0-6
ii python3-importlib-resources 5.1.2-2
ii python3-lazr.config 2.2.3-3
ii python3-passlib 1.7.4-3
ii python3-psycopg2 2.9.5-1+b1
ii python3-public 2.3-4
ii python3-requests 2.28.1+dfsg-1
ii python3-sqlalchemy 1.4.46+ds1-1
ii python3-zope.component 5.1.0-1
ii python3-zope.configuration 4.4.1-1
ii python3-zope.event 4.4-3
ii python3-zope.interface 5.5.2-1+b1
ii ucf 3.0043+nmu1
Versions of packages mailman3 recommends:
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 3.7.6-0+deb12u2
Versions of packages mailman3 suggests:
pn anacron <none>
ii firefox-esr [www-browser] 115.4.0esr-1~deb12u1
ii links [www-browser] 2.28-1+b2
ii links2 [www-browser] 2.28-1+b2
ii lynx [www-browser] 2.9.0dev.12-1
pn mailman3-doc <none>
ii midori [www-browser] 7.0-2.1
ii postgresql 15+248
-- debconf information:
mailman3/db/app-user: mailman3@localhost
mailman3/remote/newhost:
mailman3/pgsql/authmethod-user: password
mailman3/mysql/admin-user:
mailman3/missing-db-package-error: abort
mailman3/pgsql/admin-user: postgres
mailman3/pgsql/no-empty-passwords:
mailman3/internal/skip-preseed: false
mailman3/dbconfig-reinstall: false
mailman3/upgrade-backup: true
mailman3/remote/port:
mailman3/database-type: pgsql
mailman3/pgsql/method: TCP/IP
mailman3/internal/reconfiguring: false
mailman3/passwords-do-not-match:
mailman3/dbconfig-upgrade: true
mailman3/config_hyperkitty:
mailman3/mysql/authplugin: default
mailman3/pgsql/authmethod-admin: ident
mailman3/upgrade-error: abort
mailman3/dbconfig-remove: true
mailman3/mysql/method: Unix socket
mailman3/db/basepath:
mailman3/purge: false
mailman3/db/dbname: mailman3
mailman3/pgsql/changeconf: false
mailman3/remote/host: localhost
mailman3/init_service_failed:
* mailman3/dbconfig-install: false
mailman3/pgsql/manualconf:
mailman3/install-error: abort
mailman3/remove-error: abort
