From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 13:45:15 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 E62E4F0A for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:45:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f49.google.com (mail-bk0-f49.google.com [209.85.214.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6AC8FC16 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:45:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f49.google.com with SMTP id jm19so1663335bkc.8 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:45:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=J4h7sMMX5hrDoeeUE2uwhibVk5fzLj4E7KOiSI1ms+c=; b=TWE9V+hNSICyvvXkAxaF3A1bvmWGrkR4+jL2ReX6wvRDXbGri6juCflkXLHjEDVp5V 3Z6QGspcmgGb5Kz3gUvWAsCERwzKm9Q/4R7nox/kx31TaJW+IDf6JRWcTu1mDyW05btU ffZerAqsMp5pSuG5uQ1Ys6P6p9RpzEENXtFTJf0FQNNK71iUYcfi49W1UbjP3FL7KhlP 0eWjhHq677KfE3K1I7WIctVxSCWWqZZ6pm0DIwgoPGUtXyEuuXMUErw0h06r1+NscZKg C42xcSdQHjlgIgK9R4CUY142n0W/WQmoFf4CUTaE21TAwVAP4W1Z9udTJdRbmUQ4SmtN Q5VQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.150.137 with SMTP id y9mr4560717bkv.103.1356011113827; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:45:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.167.71 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:45:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.167.71 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:45:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121219092347.4cafd59d@scorpio> References: <20121219080412.5396aeb6@scorpio> <874njimak6.fsf@Shanna.FStaals.net> <20121219092347.4cafd59d@scorpio> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:45:13 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD From: Chris Rees To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 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 13:45:16 -0000 On 19 Dec 2012 14:24, "Jerry" wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:32:57 +0100 > Frank Staals articulated: > > > Jerry writes: > > > > > 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? > > > > 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. > > 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. It needs porting to kevent. Someone may do it for payment, some may do it for fun, but no-one will do it for you until you learn some manners. Or you could do it yourself. Chris