Commit 49e128bc authored by cyeh%bluemartini.com's avatar cyeh%bluemartini.com

fix for 68873 : Bugzilla install doesn't work over NFS; mention this in README

patch submitted by tstromberg@rtci.com (Thomas Stromberg).
parent 86d3c2c9
......@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ news://news.mozilla.org/19990913183810.SVTR29939.mta02@onebox.com
Bugzilla has quite a few prerequisites, but none of them are TCL.
Previous versions required TCL, but it no longer needed (or used).
You must also run Bugzilla on a filesystem that supports file locking via
flock(). This is necessary for Bugzilla to operate safely with multiple instances.
1.1. Getting and setting up MySQL database (3.22.5 or greater)
Visit MySQL homepage at http://www.mysql.org and grab the latest stable
......@@ -306,8 +309,14 @@ The first time you run it, it will create a file called "localconfig"
which you should examine and perhaps tweak a bit. Then re-run
checksetup.pl and it will do the real work.
It's worth noting that ./checksetup.pl will stall if it is on a filesystem
that does not fully support file locking via flock(), such as NFS mounts.
This support is required for Bugzilla to operate safely with multiple
instances. If flock() is not fully supported, it will stall at:
"Now regenerating the shadow database for all bugs."
At ths point, you should have a nearly empty copy of the bug tracking
Should everything work, you should have a nearly empty copy of the bug tracking
setup.
4. Tweaking the Bugzilla->MySQL Connection Data
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