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Description of problem:
Because of the processing sequence in bin/newlist and Mailman/Cgi/create.py,
the initial archive index page for a new list is built with a link to the listinfo page with host name DEFAULT_URL_HOST (hostname(1)) instead of the
host name supplied to newlist with -u (urlhost).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mailman-2.1.12-17.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
Everytime, eg. "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist --urlhost=foo.bar mailman". The
result in the index.html is whatever hostname(1) returns, if no defaults are
changed in the configuration.

Actual results:
Initial 'emptyarchive' page contains hostname rather urlhost in listinfo page
link.

Expected results:
Initial 'emptyarchive' page contains urlhost listinfo page link if specified;
if not then DEFAULT_URL_HOST/hostname(1) content is used.

I cross-filed case 00609370 in the Red Hat customer portal for this issue.

Created attachment 567073 [details]
mailman-2.1.12-newlist-urlhost.patch

The attached patch solves this issue for us, please apply.

Thanks for the patch. I've tested it and it fixes the bug you described.

I know, it's a patch from upstream - that is slightly adapted for 2.1.12.

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Cause: urlhost argument was not handled in newlist script

Consequence: links on archive page was not created with proper URLs. Hostname was used instead.

Fix: urlhost is now handled in newlist script.

Result: If urlhost is provided, it's used instead of hostname on archive page.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-1474.html