changeset:   101636:015b86646d8e
user:        Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org> [Google Inc.]
date:        Fri Jun 03 05:44:47 2016 +0000
files:       Doc/library/socketserver.rst
description:
issue25931: document that socketserver.Forking* are unavailable on platforms
lacking os.fork().


diff -r 3145242bc81f -r 015b86646d8e Doc/library/socketserver.rst
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst	Fri Jun 03 05:26:14 2016 +0000
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst	Fri Jun 03 05:44:47 2016 +0000
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
    :class:`UDPServer`.  Setting the various attributes also changes the
    behavior of the underlying server mechanism.
 
+   :class:`ForkingMixIn` and the Forking classes mentioned below are
+   only available on POSIX platforms that support :func:`~os.fork`.
 
 .. class:: ForkingTCPServer
            ForkingUDPServer
@@ -619,3 +621,5 @@
 
 The :class:`ForkingMixIn` class is used in the same way, except that the server
 will spawn a new process for each request.
+Available only on POSIX platforms that support :func:`~os.fork`.
+