Ticket property changes produce an error (but works nonetheless)

[thomas.schulze@…]

This is an out-of-the box installation on debian, using the packages provided in

http://ftp.edgewall.com/pub/debian sarge trac

Whenn changing properties of a ticket the following error occurs:

Trac detected an internal error:
(-2, 'Name or service not known')

Python traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/core.py", line 525, in cgi_start
    real_cgi_start()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/core.py", line 520, in real_cgi_start
    dispatch_request(path_info, args, req, env)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/core.py", line 435, in dispatch_request
    module.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Module.py", line 44, in run
    self.render()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Ticket.py", line 444, in render
    self.save_changes (id)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Ticket.py", line 375, in save_changes
    tn.notify(ticket, newticket=0, modtime=now)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Notify.py", line 227, in notify
    NotifyEmail.notify(self, ticket['id'], subject)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Notify.py", line 131, in notify
    Notify.notify(self, resid)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Notify.py", line 79, in notify
    self.begin_send()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Notify.py", line 139, in begin_send
    self.server = smtplib.SMTP(self.smtp_server)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/smtplib.py", line 254, in __init__
    addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
gaierror: (-2, 'Name or service not known')

[thomas.schulze@…]

Arghh. Sorry for the mess. Installation errors. Done.