From 7e986f49f4f083e298956ed581c6559397ab138d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "psychoticwolf%carolina.rr.com" Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:16:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bug 273751 - [DIST] win32 install docs are out of date git-svn-id: svn://10.0.0.236/trunk@255653 18797224-902f-48f8-a5cc-f745e15eee43 --- mozilla/webtools/mozbot/INSTALL.WIN32 | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/mozbot/INSTALL.WIN32 b/mozilla/webtools/mozbot/INSTALL.WIN32 index 80ad3d81d88..b92d6dae08b 100644 --- a/mozilla/webtools/mozbot/INSTALL.WIN32 +++ b/mozilla/webtools/mozbot/INSTALL.WIN32 @@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ INTRODUCTION ------------ -Forget it. +Running mozbot on windows is officially unsupported, and does not +work at all when using ActiveState Perl, as it does not support +forking which mozbot uses extensively. + +However, mozbot runs successfully on Windows with Cygwin Perl. Tested +on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Perl 5.8.4 and higher, +including 5.10. Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 may also work, but +have not been tested, you're on your own. + +Once you have Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com) installed with the Perl +package, follow the instructions in the INSTALL file. You will need +to use CPAN and install the required modules for mozbot to work +properly. + +Your mileage may vary, it may not work at all for you. Good luck. -- end -- \ No newline at end of file