Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Slave Configuration

Timestamp:

Oct 23, 2007, 3:58:31 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

David Abrahams <dave@…>

Comment:

Added information about the [machine] and [os] section requirements

Slave Configuration

@@ -13 +13 @@
 For simple manual editing, the slave configuration file will be based on the “INI” file format known from Windows, which is also frequently used by Python applications and supported by Pythons´ [http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html ConfigParser] module.
 
-A configuration file is partitioned into named sections. There are two predefined sections named {{{[machine]}}} and {{{[os]}}}. There may be any number of additional sections, where each section corresponds to a software package. For example:
+A configuration file is partitioned into named sections. There are two predefined sections named {{{[machine]}}} and {{{[os]}}}. If you supply them in your configuration file they should include the following sections.
+
+{{{
+[os]
+name = linux
+version = 2.6.17
+family = posix
+
+[machine]
+name = grogan
+processor = x86
+}}}
+
+There may be any number of additional sections, where each section corresponds to a software package. For example:
 
 {{{