[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#653679: mailman: Installation error when the script generates the languages ​​chosen

[Frederic LIETART]

Package: mailman
Version: 1:2.1.13-5
Severity: important

When installing the mailman, after choosing the languages ​​available, then the default language, the installation script failed.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/list_lists", line 46, in <module>
    from Mailman import mm_cfg
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py", line 76
    DEFAULT_SERVER_LANGUAGE = 
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Installing site language en ............................................ done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/update", line 49, in <module>
    from Mailman import mm_cfg
  File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py", line 76
    DEFAULT_SERVER_LANGUAGE = 
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
dpkg : erreur de traitement de mailman (--configure) :
 le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1
configured to not write apport reports
                                      Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
 mailman
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-openvz-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mailman depends on:
ii  apache2                2.2.16-6+squeeze4 Apache HTTP Server metapackage
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork [h 2.2.16-6+squeeze4 Apache HTTP Server - traditional n
ii  cron                   3.0pl1-116        process scheduling daemon
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.36.1          Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-10         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  logrotate              3.7.8-6           Log rotation utility
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23.2squeeze1  Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  postfix [mail-transpor 2.7.1-1+squeeze1  High-performance mail transport ag
ii  pwgen                  2.06-1+b1         Automatic Password generation
ii  python                 2.6.6-3+squeeze6  interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-support         1.0.10            automated rebuilding support for P
ii  ucf                    3.0025+nmu1       Update Configuration File: preserv

mailman recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mailman suggests:
pn  listadmin                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  lynx                          <none>     (no description available)
ii  spamassassin                  3.3.1-1    Perl-based spam filter using text 

-- debconf information:
  mailman/queue_files_present: abort installation
* mailman/default_server_language: en
  mailman/gate_news: false
* mailman/site_languages: en
* mailman/used_languages:
* mailman/create_site_list: