5.5. "Site list is missing: mailman" error after upgrade

After upgrading from 2.1b3 to 2.1.2, Mailman refused to restart. I used the previously valid startup command:

   /usr/bin/python2 /home/mailman/bin/mailmanctl -s -q start

but received the error

   Site list is missing: mailman

This version of mailman requires a "site wide" list. Instructions for this are included in section 8 of the installation manual:

    http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/node40.html

See also <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.025.htp>.

Last changed on Thu Aug 17 19:11:27 2006 by William Pietri Converted from the Mailman FAQ Wizard

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