Index: misc/paths.py.in	
--- branches/Release_2_1-maint/mailman/misc/paths.py.in	2005/12/30 18:50:08	7694
+++ branches/Release_2_1-maint/mailman/misc/paths.py.in	2006/10/12 00:48:48	8056
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@
 if exec_prefix == '${prefix}':
     exec_prefix = prefix
 
+# Check if ja/ko codecs are available before changing path.
+try:
+    s = unicode('OK', 'iso-2022-jp')
+    jaok = True
+except LookupError:
+    jaok = False
+
+try:
+    s = unicode('OK', 'euc-kr')
+    kook = True
+except LookupError:
+    kook = False
+
 # Hack the path to include the parent directory of the $prefix/Mailman package
 # directory.
 sys.path.insert(0, prefix)
@@ -53,12 +66,14 @@
 # In a normal interactive Python environment, the japanese.pth and korean.pth
 # files would be imported automatically.  But because we inhibit the importing
 # of the site module, we need to be explicit about importing these codecs.
-import japanese
+if not jaok:
+    import japanese
 # As of KoreanCodecs 2.0.5, you had to do the second import to get the Korean
 # codecs installed, however leave the first import in there in case an upgrade
 # changes this.
-import korean
-import korean.aliases
+if not kook:
+    import korean
+    import korean.aliases
 # Arabic and Hebrew (RFC-1556) encoding aliases. (temporary solution)
 import encodings.aliases
 encodings.aliases.aliases.update({