Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:13:06 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: shildreth@allantgroup.com Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Fam vs Gamin Message-ID: <43D90322.7060203@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1138293962.11930.387.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> References: <1138290504.11930.380.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> <1138293962.11930.387.camel@scotth.emsphone.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scott T. Hildreth wrote: > On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 09:48 -0600, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: >> Every time I upgrade a product I run into this with portupgrade, >> >> Stale dependency: abiword-gnome-2.4.2 --> gamin-0.1.5_2 -- manually run 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force. >> >> ...I didn't install Fam, some port did, should I install gamin instead? >> Does it matter? > > I see they both offer the same thing, but gamin uses kqueue backend. > Any advantage? Gamin is generally considered better than FAM on FreeBSD for two main reason. Kqueue makes it more efficient, and it is easier and more secure to deploy (it does not require rpcbind/portmap). To properly upgrade, use: portupgrade -o devel/gamin -f fam Joe - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD2QMib2iPiv4Uz4cRAkDBAKCbVNb/29QHPcdwg2WwZFotd79RmQCfUBJK wPtF8mSwNT030FGqHgIEE58= =J+Hy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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