[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#590467: mailman: update-rc.d error

[Rick Pasotto]

Package: mailman
Version: 1:2.1.13-3
Severity: important


qrunner not running. output from 'aptitude install':

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Setting up mailman (1:2.1.13-3) ...
Looking for enabled languages (this may take some time) ... done.
Installing site language fr ............................................. done.
Installing site language en ............................................ done.
No updates are necessary.
update-rc.d: error: expected runlevel [0-9S] (did you forget "." ?)
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | SS KK]
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> disable|enable [S|2|3|4|5]
		-n: not really
		-f: force

The disable|enable API is not stable and might change in the future.
dpkg: error processing mailman (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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Downgrading to 2.1.13-2 fixes.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (200, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mailman depends on:
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork [httpd]   2.2.15-5   Apache HTTP Server - traditional n
ii  cron                          3.0pl1-108 process scheduling daemon
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.33     Debian configuration management sy
ii  exim4                         4.72-1     metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) 
ii  exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tran 4.72-1     Exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-2   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  logrotate                     3.7.8-6    Log rotation utility
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-23.1   Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  pwgen                         2.06-1+b1  Automatic Password generation
ii  python                        2.5.4-9    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support                1.0.9      automated rebuilding support for P
ii  ucf                           3.0025     Update Configuration File: preserv

mailman recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mailman suggests:
pn  listadmin                   <none>       (no description available)
ii  lynx                        2.8.8dev.4-2 Text-mode WWW Browser (transitiona
ii  spamassassin                3.3.1-1      Perl-based spam filter using text 

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