[boost] Updating news feeds

Hi, I am trying to update the news feed on the website by following the instructions at http://www.boost.org/development/website_updating.html In step two, bjam reports that the python script failed, but there is no error message from the script itself. In fact, if I run the script manually with the same arguments as bjam, it works fine and returns a zero exit status. Am I missing something obvious? MV