From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 01:11:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: gnome@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47EAA16A420; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:11:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd-unix@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.202.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C697743D46; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:11:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd-unix@comcast.net) Received: from kt.weeble.com (pcp858615pcs.ptchar01.fl.comcast.net[68.56.224.228]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with SMTP id <2006012701110301400efngke>; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:11:03 +0000 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:13:53 -0500 From: Randy Pratt To: Joe Marcus Clarke Message-Id: <20060126201353.500626a2.bsd-unix@comcast.net> 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.4 (GTK+ 2.8.10; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fam vs Gamin X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:11:05 -0000 On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:13:06 -0500 Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > -----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 This might be a candidate for an entry in ports/UPDATING . I suspect that this question may come up more than a few times. I ran into this also before I seen this thread. I used: portupgrade -fo devel/gamin devel/fam which I think does the same magic. Randy --