diff Doc/lib/libcgihttp.tex @ 21018:42365b70e9d8 legacy-trunk

Update the platform notes for the CGIHTTPServer module; it works on more platforms now, and has since Python 2.0. This closes SF bug #482943.
author Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
date Mon, 19 Nov 2001 05:16:35 +0000
parents 376ee174ecd0
children ec1925f07ec9
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--- a/Doc/lib/libcgihttp.tex	Mon Nov 19 04:35:58 2001 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcgihttp.tex	Mon Nov 19 05:16:35 2001 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 
 \declaremodule{standard}{CGIHTTPServer}
-  \platform{Unix}
 \sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il}
 \modulesynopsis{This module provides a request handler for HTTP servers
                 which can run CGI scripts.}
@@ -15,8 +14,9 @@
 from \class{SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler} but can also
 run CGI scripts.
 
-\note{This module is \UNIX{} dependent since it creates the
-CGI process using \function{os.fork()} and \function{os.exec()}.}
+\note{This module can run CGI scripts on \UNIX{} and Windows systems;
+on Mac OS it will only be able to run Python scripts within the same
+process as itself.}
 
 The \module{CGIHTTPServer} module defines the following class: