From ad18ea644ee7650425320736b10a48a8cbd0d340 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Hammond Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:30:05 +0000 Subject: have 'make dist' build a windows installer on windows git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/trunk@826173 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- etc/windows/README.txt.tpl | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 etc/windows/README.txt.tpl (limited to 'etc/windows/README.txt.tpl') diff --git a/etc/windows/README.txt.tpl b/etc/windows/README.txt.tpl new file mode 100644 index 00000000..485757a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/etc/windows/README.txt.tpl @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +This is the README for the %package_name% binary distribution for +Windows, version %version%. + +* Although CouchDB defaults to installing into your "Program Files" directory, + the permissions on the 'var' and 'etc' sub-directories have been adjusted + to allow modification by any authorized user so the couchdb databases, logs + and .ini files can be written. You may like to further restrict these + permissions to only the user who will be running couchdb. + +* To start couchdb execute couchdb.bat in the 'bin' directory. A shortcut + to this batch file should have been installed. There is currently no + support for Windows Services etc, but you are encouraged to look at the + various tools which allow arbitrary programs to be run as services. + +* The Futon application which comes with CouchDB does not work with + Internet Explorer - Mozilla Firefox is generally recommended. + +* The test suite is known to fail on Windows due to what appear to be + permissions errors; this is due to couch being unable to delete a + file while it is in use on Windows. + See also https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-326 + +* Additional help with the Windows support is needed - please contact the + couchdb-dev list if you can help. -- cgit v1.2.3