If you're checking out coredev, it's very important to realize that you're seeing a work in progress and that it may not operate the same way as old versions or as documented a year ago. In particular, it's vital to check the documentation that comes with the checkout:
The current trunk, which is built on repoze, does not start like old Zopes. The differences are documented in the README.txt in the top directory of the checkout. http://dev.plone.org/plone/browser/buildouts/plone-coredev/trunk/README.txt On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 4:29 AM, squibobblepants <[email protected]> wrote: > > I followed this tutorial: > http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/using-buildout-on-windows > http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/using-buildout-on-windows > > Everything seemed to be going fine, I have the appropriate version of Python > installed (2.4.4) and MinGW, Subversion and Plone all seemed to > install/checkout fine. > > When I reach the bottom of the tutorial, it tells me to enter the following > to start an instance: > > >> bin\instance fg >> > > I get the same error that this chap had: > http://n2.nabble.com/Using-Buildout-for-Windows---Errors-td2198056ef293353.html#a2218004 > http://n2.nabble.com/Using-Buildout-for-Windows---Errors-td2198056ef293353.html#a2218004 > > But his solution, to add an equals sign: > > >> bin\instance=fg >> > > Also fails, with the same error as this chap: > http://n2.nabble.com/Problem-installing-Plone-td2361166ef293353.html#a2362127 > http://n2.nabble.com/Problem-installing-Plone-td2361166ef293353.html#a2362127 > > In fact, I get the same error, ending with > > >> if sys.platform[:3] == "win" and args[0] == 'localhost': >> IndexError: tuple index out of range >> > > When I try to install it as a service with bin\instance=install, and > bin\instance start, and also if I call bin\instance with no argument. > > Can anybody shed some light on this for me? > > Kind Regards, > Tom Blockley > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Using-buildout-on-Windows-XP---bin%5Cinstance-failing-tp2371843p2371843.html > Sent from the Installation, Setup, Upgrades mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > Setup mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup > -- Steve McMahon Reid-McMahon, LLC [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
