Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:22:43 -0600 From: "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildreth@allantgroup.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Fam vs Gamin Message-ID: <1138296163.11930.392.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> 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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On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 12:13 -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). > Thanks for the explanation. > To properly upgrade, use: > > portupgrade -o devel/gamin -f fam > I did this already, saw it in an earlier post of yours. I figured all the Gnome products want, who am I to deny them. :-) > 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----- -- Scott T. Hildreth <shildreth@allantgroup.com>
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