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[Thomas Berry <address@concealed>]

Miles,

When the list related owners and editors are not found in the 
admin_table, task_manager.pl sets the list to error_config which 
effectively disables the list.

Thomas

Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Which leads to three questions:
>
> 1. does it cause problems if the info is missing from admin_table, and, 
> if yes,
>
> 2. what kinds of problems (I'm not seeing any), and,
>
> 3. how does one fix this?
>
> Miles
>
> Thomas Berry wrote:
>   
> > Sorry.  I forgot that I checked the config.bin files (strings 
> > config.bin) and found that it does contain the owner entries; it is 
> > only the admin_table that is missing the owner and editor entries when 
> > this issue occurs, and the owner entries are only missing for the list 
> > that is having the problem.
> >
> > I'm thinking I might disable the code that sets the list to 
> > error_config until this issue has been addressed, or run 
> > admin::update_list before the owner check is performed.
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> > Thomas Berry wrote:
> >     
> > > That is interesting and disconcerting.  I'm not familiar with the 
> > > "update" configuration; it's not a setting that we use.   Our issue 
> > > is specific to "owner" setting in the list config.
> > >
> > > I later traced the problem to the record keeping in the admin_table; 
> > > the owners and editor entries in the admin_table are getting removed 
> > > which results in the error about the owner missing, not the list 
> > > config.  But, this still could be an issue with the config.bin, which 
> > > is why a reload_list_config fixes the problem.
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Miles Fidelman wrote:
> > >       
> > > > Interesting, because I'm seeing the same kinds of log entries, but 
> > > > the error does NOT go away when I run
> > > > sympa.pl --reload_list_config --list=
> > > >
> > > > When I run the command, I get error messages about the missing 
> > > > parameter(s).
> > > >
> > > > For example:
> > > >
> > > > server1:/home/sympa/bin# ./sympa.pl --reload_list_config 
> > > > --address@concealed
> > > > Loading list address@concealed...
> > > > List::_load_admin_file() Missing key "email" in param "update" in 
> > > > /home/sympa/expl/lists.fusn.org/business/config
> > > >
> > > > and I can't find anything out of the ordinary about those specific 
> > > > list config files
> > > >
> > > > Miles
> > > >
> > > > Thomas Berry wrote:
> > > >         
> > > > > As mentioned earlier, running sympa.pl --reload_list_config 
> > > > > --address@concealed corrects the condition.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thomas
> > > > >
> > > > > Thomas Berry wrote:
> > > > >           
> > > > > > After upgrading from 5.4 to 6.0.1 over the weekend, I'm 
> > > > > > occasionally seeing sympa report that some lists are "Missing 
> > > > > > parameter".  The error is specific to "owner".  When I look at the 
> > > > > > config for the lists, I find that the owner parameter is properly 
> > > > > > defined per the family they belong.  The error only goes away when 
> > > > > > sympa.pl --reload_list_config --list... is run.  This is after I 
> > > > > > had already ran sympa.pl with reload_list_config on all mailing 
> > > > > > lists this morning.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thomas
> > > > > >
> > > > > >             
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