[Zope-dev] Zope 2.12.2 SyntaxError on installation

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Tue Dec 29 17:56:38 EST 2009


Marius Gedminas wrote:
> What do y'all Zope-2-maintainer-people think about this patch?
> 
> Index: doc/INSTALL.rst
> ===================================================================
> --- doc/INSTALL.rst     (revision 107265)
> +++ doc/INSTALL.rst     (working copy)
> @@ -136,11 +136,16 @@ command-line options, run the script wit
>  Creating a buildout-based Zope Instance
>  =======================================
>  
> -If you wish to use buildout to manage your Zope instance, then the
> +If you wish to use buildout to manage your Zope instance, there are recipes
> +like `plone.recipe.zope2instance`__ that automate everything.
> +
> +  __ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/plone.recipe.zope2instance
> +
> +If you're a power user and want to drop to the basics, then the
>  instance is created as follows:
>  
>  * Create a directory for your instance. In this directory, create a
> -  ``etc``, ``logs`` and ``var`` subdirectories.
> +  ``etc``, ``log`` and ``var`` subdirectories.
>  
>  * Download the following file into your instance directory:
>  
> @@ -186,6 +191,8 @@ used.
>   
>     instancehome $INSTANCE
>  
> +   <rest of the stuff that goes into a zope.conf, e.g. databases and log files.>
> +
>  .. highlight:: bash

+ 0.5 from me.

> Exist, for one.  I don't have a bin/mkzopeinstance when I follow the
> instructions here:
> http://docs.zope.org/zope2/releases/2.12/INSTALL.html#buildout-instances

...that's because that gives you an instance, and if you have an 
instance you don't need mkzopeinstance ;-)

mkzopeinstance is covered further up on that page, where a user who 
didn't know what buildout is would find it first :-P

Chris

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