Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:04:15 +0100 From: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fam vs Gamin Message-ID: <43D92B3F.8030609@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <43D90322.7060203@FreeBSD.org> References: <1138290504.11930.380.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> <1138293962.11930.387.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> <43D90322.7060203@FreeBSD.org>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > 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). I want to add to this that Gamin also works a *lot* faster for me than fam, it seems to take note of changes almost immediately in constrast to the 3-5 second delay fam had.
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