[Zope3-dev] Re: zc.zope3recipes not working on Windows

[Tres Seaver]

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Jim Fulton wrote:
> On May 31, 2007, at 1:59 AM, Stephan Richter wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jim and other zc.zope3recipes experts,
>>
>> I have had some reports from Windows users that the z3c.formdemo --  
>> which is
>> built with zc.zope3recipes -- is not working on Windows. The  
>> reported error
>> was as follows:
> 
> The instance recipe should advertise that it only works on Windows,  
> because it is based on zdaemon.  I  tend to forget that zdaemon  
> doesn't work on Windows. :/
> 
> This isn't easy for *me* to fix because I don't have enough Windows  
> foo.  I'd be happy to work with someone who knew Windows well,  
> especially services (or other long-running process options, if  
> any).   If anyone like that is going to be at the sprint at the  
> upcoming DZUG meeting, I'd be very happy to work with them there.
> 
> A partial fix that only supports the ctl 'fg', 'run', and 'debug',  
> commands should be fairly easy, although I'm a bit hesitant without  
> understanding how we might want this to work in the long run.

Hanno has checked in a Zope2 patch which makes 'zopectl' work on
Windows, and adds two new Windows-specific commands to install and
remove the Zope servvice:

http://svn.zope.org/Zope/trunk/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/zopectl.py?rev=75066&view=rev



Tres.
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