From owner-freebsd-python@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 3 17:25:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-python@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-python@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31C9016A41C for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:25:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list@zettai.net) Received: from a.mx.zettai.net (beta.zettai.net [205.234.172.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD2D643D1F for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:25:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list@zettai.net) Received: (qmail 21651 invoked by uid 89); 3 Jun 2005 17:25:32 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 21595, pid: 21646, t: 0.2592s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.83/m:31/d:852 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.2?) (george@zettai.net@200.116.255.166) by 0 with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 3 Jun 2005 17:25:31 -0000 Message-ID: <42A09289.6010607@zettai.net> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:25:29 -0500 From: George Donnelly User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Macintosh/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Geraint Edwards References: <20050603160153.GA56758@cymru.serf.org> In-Reply-To: <20050603160153.GA56758@cymru.serf.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD python list Subject: Re: new to python/zope - installation woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-python@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: list@zettai.net List-Id: FreeBSD-specific Python issues List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:25:33 -0000 Geraint Edwards wrote: hi > I have a customer that wants to run their website on Plone, > They've delivered me a *.zexp file and a products.zip file. I > just want to throw it on my 4_RELENG server - and forget about > it. zope and plone are medium-level maintenance, so you might find them difficult to forget about. ;) > I installed Plone (and hence Zope and python!) from ports (you > will soon deduce, if you haven't already, that I am new to all > three!). What follows is some feedback (meant as constructive > criticism) from a someone who has acquired a big headache. FreeBSD rocks, but Zope/Plone from ports is not optimal. You should install those from source for a production environment > Firstly, if you install the www/plone port, it installs > www/zope, and the "critical" instructions for > make instance [...] > are scrolled into the ether and their importance is missed, and > thus began my headache. Your install might not scroll them off, > but my ports database is full of bsdpan-* crud that fills my > screen up with junk, so I don't necessarily realise that zope is > installed (hey, plone is what I wanted, right?). at the end of the install process, if you give the command as "make install clean", it will show you all the affected ports. Try setting your scrollback buffer higher in your terminal app. > After *much* playing with Apache to get it to proxy for zope, > I was getting bitten by the annoying >