[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#365584: mailman installs, but is still reported as upgradeable afterwards

[Martin A. Brooks]

Package: mailman
Version: 2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1
Severity: important

Hi

When installing mailman I see:

hannon:~# apt-get install mailman
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
  python2.3-korean-codecs python2.2-korean-codecs python-japanese-codecs
  listadmin
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    mailman
    1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B/7995kB of archives.
    After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
    Preconfiguring packages ...
    Looking for enabled languages (this may take some time) ... done.
    (Reading database ... 28725 files and directories currently
    installed.)
    Preparing to replace mailman 2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1 (using
    .../mailman_0%3a2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1_i386.deb) ...
    Shutting down Mailman's master qrunner
    Unpacking replacement mailman ...
    Setting up mailman (2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1) ...
    Installing site language en
    ............................................ done.
    No updates are necessary.
    Starting Mailman's master qrunner.

shannon:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
    mailman
    1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B/7995kB of archives.
    After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
    Preconfiguring packages ...
    Looking for enabled languages (this may take some time) ... done.
    (Reading database ... 28725 files and directories currently
    installed.)
    Preparing to replace mailman 2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1 (using
    .../mailman_0%3a2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1_i386.deb) ...
    Shutting down Mailman's master qrunner
    Unpacking replacement mailman ...
    Setting up mailman (2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1) ...
    Installing site language en
    ............................................ done.
    No updates are necessary.
    Starting Mailman's master qrunner.


...and so on. Subsequent upgrades simply repeat the installation
procedure.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.6
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages mailman depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.85       Add and remove users and groups
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork [httpd]   2.0.55-4   traditional model for Apache2
ii  cron                          3.0pl1-94  management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.4.72     Debian configuration management sy
ii  exim4                         4.61-1     metapackage to ease exim MTA (v4) 
ii  exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tran 4.61-1     exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-7    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  logrotate                     3.7.1-3    Log rotation utility
ii  pwgen                         2.05-1     Automatic Password generation
ii  python                        2.3.5-5    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  ucf                           2.009      Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages mailman recommends:
ii  base-passwd                   3.5.11     Debian base system master password

-- debconf information:
  mailman/queue_files_present:
* mailman/default_server_language: en
  mailman/update_passwords:
  mailman/gate_news: false
  mailman/update_aliases:
* mailman/site_languages: en
* mailman/used_languages: en
* mailman/create_site_list: