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[Aaron Bennett <address@concealed>]

Thank you -- that works.

-Aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: Xavier Bachelot <address@concealed>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 5:17 AM
To: Aaron Bennett <address@concealed>
Cc: address@concealed
Subject: [EXT] Re: [en@sympa] sympa --purge_list throws syntax error

Le 2026-06-03 00:24, Aaron Bennett a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Using sympa-6.2.78-1.el9.x86_64 on rocky 9,
>
> sympa --purge_list (or sympa.pl --purge_list) throws a syntax error:
>
> [address@concealed ~]$  sudo -u sympa sympa --purge_list
> game010-01-f22
>
> WARNING: MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT is deprecated and will be removed in a
> future version.
>
> Can't locate object method "_run" via package "Sympa::CLI" at
> /usr/share/sympa/lib/Sympa/CLI.pm line 100.
>
> AFAIK there's nothing else wrong with the installation.
>
> I have the following sympa rpm's installed:
>
> sympa-httpd-6.2.78-1.el9.noarch
>
> sympa-6.2.78-1.el9.x86_64
>
> thanks,
>
> Aaron
>

Hi Aaron,

The old-style syntax is currently broken, see
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/2049
You can use the new-style syntax instead :
sympa close --mode=purge address@concealed

I'll try and backport the fix to the rpm packages when I have a bit of time.

Regards,
Xavier