# MiniVend V3.09
# 
# Copyright 1996-1998 by Michael J. Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>
#

                   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