# MiniVend V3.09 # # Copyright 1996-1998 by Michael J. Heins # M I S C E L L A N E O U S O S N O T E S OS Recommended DBM Tested on Notes -------- ----------------- ------------ ----------------------- Linux GDBM 2.0.x & up This is what MiniVend is developed on -- all features should work normally. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR REDHAT 5.0: If MiniVend fails "make test" this usually means that the POSIX library is broken on the distributed Perl. You can update Perl or define the environment variable MINIVEND_BADPOSIX to 1. See the README file under "K N O W N P R O B L E M S" Windows 95 DB_File ????? MiniVend may not stand up well for high-use catalogs. Server will not stop from the keyboard, you must close the DOS window to stop (unless you get the GNU toolset). Windows NT DB_File ????? Some features of MiniVend will not work, mostly in support scripts. MiniVend will run as a service. FreeBSD DB_File 2.1.0, 2.1.5 Many users run MiniVend on this OS. You need Perl 5.004, not the broken developement version that comes with many distributions. BSDI DB_File 2.1, 3.0 Many users run MiniVend on this OS. The vlink UNIX mode will not work with V3.x but tlink/INET works fine. You need Perl 5.004 -- the 5.003_02 that comes with 3.x probably will not work. Solaris 2 GDBM 2.4,2.5 Many users run MiniVend on this OS, no known problems once you get it going. Problems with installation are usually due to poor or missing development tools. SunOS 4.1.x DB_File 4.1.x Some users run MiniVend on this OS, no known problems. DEC/OSF, aka GDBM 3.0 Some users run MiniVend on Digital UNIX this OS, no known problems. IRIX GDBM 5.3,6.2 Server may be difficult to stop for re-configuration, setting HouseKeeping value to 10 or less is recommended. No other known problems provided you have good development tools. HP/UX - 10.1 A few users, may be some trouble with vlink/tlink compilation. SCO - 3.2 Should work fine as of 3.05 AIX - 4.1 Reported to work with little difficulty UNIXware - 2.1 Should work fine as of 3.05