From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 11:23:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4905B4E1 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:23:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8EF88FC0C for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 481386A6008 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:23:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBKBNGl6031749 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:23:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qBKBNG8W031723 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:23:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:23:16 +0100 From: Lars Engels To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20121220112316.GQ33209@e-new.0x20.net> References: <20121219080412.5396aeb6@scorpio> <874njimak6.fsf@Shanna.FStaals.net> <20121219092347.4cafd59d@scorpio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4CyH/NlNBqvsUTYP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121219092347.4cafd59d@scorpio> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p4 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:23:18 -0000 --4CyH/NlNBqvsUTYP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 09:23:47AM -0500, Jerry wrote: > On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:32:57 +0100 > Frank Staals articulated: >=20 > > Jerry writes: > >=20 > > > I was asked about the feasibility of setting up Dropbox > > > on a FreeBSD machine, > > > specifically under KDE if possible. I found three references to > > > Dropbox in the ports tree; however, I am not sure that they are > > > exactly what I am looking for. Does anyone have any experience with > > > this software or specific information on it? > >=20 > > As far as I know it is currently impossible to run dropbox on FreeBSD, > > as it requires inotify, as found in the Linux kernel, to detect when > > files have changed.=20 >=20 > Thanks, I told the individual that I didn't think it would work. I saw > something on a forum regarding it. I don't remember exactly what it > referred to though. It is not going to happen in v.9.x of FreeBSD; > however, perhaps before bumping the version to v.10, someone > might get this resolved. However, sometimes I wonder if certain > individuals are more interested in bumping version numbers as opposed > to putting out fully functional software. AFAIK the Windows versions works with WINE. --4CyH/NlNBqvsUTYP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlDS9SMACgkQKc512sD3afgSfACfdhSinAw06Fgu0H2y/OGvHRUL q88AoKlekBbGe3Q+gxGJtTPguM33sWKy =TYJB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4CyH/NlNBqvsUTYP--