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diff --git a/bin/genaliases b/bin/genaliases
index 289c5bec..bda43ef5 100644
--- a/bin/genaliases
+++ b/bin/genaliases
@@ -1,37 +1,40 @@
#! @PYTHON@
#
-# Copyright (C) 2001,2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
+#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
+#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-"""Regenerate Postfix's data/aliases and data/aliases.db files from scratch.
+"""Regenerate Mailman specific aliases from scratch.
-Usage:
-
- genaliases [options]
+The actual output depends on the value of the `MTA' variable in your mm_cfg.py
+file.
+Usage: genaliases [options]
Options:
+ -q/--quiet
+ Some MTA output can include more verbose help text. Use this to tone
+ down the verbosity.
+
-h/--help
Print this message and exit.
"""
-import sys
import os
+import sys
import getopt
-import fcntl
import paths # path hacking
from Mailman import mm_cfg
@@ -39,6 +42,12 @@ from Mailman import Utils
from Mailman import MailList
from Mailman.i18n import _
+try:
+ True, False
+except NameError:
+ True = 1
+ False = 0
+
def usage(code, msg=''):
@@ -54,32 +63,35 @@ def usage(code, msg=''):
def main():
+ quiet = False
try:
- opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'h', ['help'])
+ opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hq',
+ ['help', 'quiet'])
except getopt.error, msg:
usage(1, msg)
for opt, arg in opts:
if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
usage(0)
+ elif opt in ('-q', '--quiet'):
+ quiet = True
if args:
usage(1)
- # Open up the MTA specific module
+ # Import the MTA specific module
modulename = 'Mailman.MTA.' + mm_cfg.MTA
__import__(modulename)
MTA = sys.modules[modulename]
- # Open the text file and Berkeley DB files, truncating any data already
- # there. We need to acquire a lock so nobody tries to update the files
- # while we're doing it.
+ # We need to acquire a lock so nobody tries to update the files while
+ # we're doing it.
lock = MTA.makelock()
lock.lock()
# Group lists by virtual hostname
mlists = {}
for listname in Utils.list_names():
- mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0)
+ mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=False)
mlists.setdefault(mlist.host_name, []).append(mlist)
# Make sure the files are created rw-rw-xxx; it should be okay to be world
# readable.
@@ -87,14 +99,16 @@ def main():
try:
MTA.clear()
if not mlists:
- MTA.create(None, nolock=1)
+ MTA.create(None, nolock=True, quiet=quiet)
else:
for hostname, vlists in mlists.items():
for mlist in vlists:
- MTA.create(mlist, nolock=1)
+ MTA.create(mlist, nolock=True, quiet=quiet)
+ # Be verbose for only the first printed list
+ quiet = True
finally:
os.umask(omask)
- lock.unlock(unconditionally=1)
+ lock.unlock(unconditionally=True)