close 361212 severity 361212 normal tags 361212 -sarge merge 361212 268117 thanks
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 01:18:21AM -0700, Ivan Kohler wrote: > Attempting to install the recent security update (v2.1.5-8sarge2) > errors out with the following message: > Old queue files present Yes, the imperfection of this message is bug #268117. I'm not allowed to change this in a security update. I tried to get this documented in http://www.nl.debian.org/releases/sarge/releasenotes, but didn't get any answer from the robster, and forgot about the issue. Hey, people of debian-doc, could you please read http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-mailman-hackers/2006-January/000559.html and react accordingly? Thanks. Here's a slightly updated text for issue 3 (that's the text in the current etch package), the one this bug report is about: Template: mailman/queue_files_present Type: note _Description: Old queue files present The directory /var/lib/mailman/qfiles contains files. It needs to be empty for the upgrade to work properly. If these files contain unprocessed messages that are otherwise fine, then you can try to handle them by: - Stopping new messages from coming in the queue (at the MTA level: queue them in the MTA's queue or refuse them with a 4xx code). If your site has a relatively low mailman traffic, you can skip this step. - Start a mailman queue runner: /etc/init.d/mailman start - Let it run until all messages are handled. If they don't all get handled in a timely manner, look at the logs to try to understand why and solve the cause. - Stop it: /etc/init.d/mailman stop - Retry the upgrade. - Let messages come in again. You can also decide to simply remove the files, which will make Mailman forget about (and lose) the corresponding emails; expect angry users. . If these files correspond to shunted messages, you have to either delete them or unshunt them (with /var/lib/mailman/bin/unshunt). Shunted messages are messages on which Mailman has already abandoned any further processing because of an error condition, but that are kept for admin review, as they usually originate from Mailman bugs or other abnormal situations that need human inspection. You can use /var/lib/mailman/bin/show_qfiles to examine the contents of the queues. Ivan, if you think this message can further be enhanced, feel free to make suggestions. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
