This patch is Solaris-specific and thus will not be contributed upstream.

--- mailman-2.1.18-1/misc/mailman.in.~1~	2014-05-06 09:43:56.000000000 -0700

 # config: @prefix@/Mailman/mm_cfg.py

 # pidfile: @prefix@/data/master-qrunner.pid

+. /lib/svc/share/smf_include.sh

+

 PYTHON=@PYTHON@

 MAILMANHOME=@prefix@

 MAILMANCTL=$MAILMANHOME/bin/mailmanctl

+DATABASEDIR=/var/share/mailman

+

+# arguments:

+# $1 (required): directory to check for and create if needed

+# $2 (optional): mode

+create_if_needed()

+{

+    dir=$1

+    mode=02775

+    [[ $# -ge 2 ]] && mode=$2

+    if [[ ! -d $dir ]]; then

+	mkdir -m $mode $dir

+	chown mailman:mailman $dir

+    fi

+}

 case "$1" in

 'start')

     #rm -f $MAILMANHOME/locks/*

+

+    # Directories under /var/share are only created after a reboot, when

+    # an early-in-boot service migrates them from /var/.migrate .  To allow

+    # Mailman to be used after initial 'pkg install' before such a reboot,

+    # we manually create the required directories here if needed.

+    if [[ ! -d $DATABASEDIR ]]; then

+	mkdir $DATABASEDIR

+	create_if_needed $DATABASEDIR/archives

+	create_if_needed $DATABASEDIR/archives/private 02771

+	create_if_needed $DATABASEDIR/archives/public

+	create_if_needed $DATABASEDIR/lists

+	create_if_needed $DATABASEDIR/locks

+	create_if_needed $DATABASEDIR/logs

+	create_if_needed $DATABASEDIR/qfiles

+	create_if_needed $DATABASEDIR/spam

+    fi

+

+    # A single "site" list called mailman needs to exist first.  Check for

+    # it and create it if needed.

+    $MAILMANHOME/bin/list_lists -b | grep -q "^mailman$"

+    if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then

+	$MAILMANHOME/bin/newlist -q -e 127.0.0.1 mailman [email protected] mailman

+    fi

     $PYTHON $MAILMANCTL -s -q start

     ;;