changeset:   101637:a4c0208b10df
branch:      2.7
parent:      101627:70ed9af54aab
user:        Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org> [Google Inc.]
date:        Fri Jun 03 05:48:23 2016 +0000
files:       Doc/library/socketserver.rst
description:
issue25931: document that socketserver.Forking* are unavailable on platforms
that support os.fork.


diff -r 70ed9af54aab -r a4c0208b10df Doc/library/socketserver.rst
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst	Thu Jun 02 23:50:07 2016 +0000
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst	Fri Jun 03 05:48:23 2016 +0000
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
    :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
@@ -612,3 +615,4 @@
 
 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`.