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Docs don't say that only POSIX platforms are supported

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#29 Docs don't say that only POSIX platforms are supported

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Priority: 2

Updated: 2009-10-17

Created: 2009-09-05

Creator: Anonymous

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I was experimenting to see if I could get archivemail 0.7.2 working on windows. I installed the standard windows pythin 2.6 and did the archivemail install. When I tried to run archivemail, it said

ImportError: no module named fcntl

I'm really not too surprised. When I saw in the documentation that it usses flock(), that might not work on windows. But, the documentation said to report ImportError's, so I am. Guess I'll see if I can get it working under cygwin.

Thanks!

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Nikolaus Schulz - 2009-10-17

archivemail runs on POSIX platforms only. OK, I have to admit that the official documentation is quiet about portability, so one could expect it to work on your OS. :-) I guess I should add a note about that.

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summary: ImportError on windows: No module named fcntl --> Docs don't say that only POSIX platforms are supported
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