Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:13:53 -0500 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@comcast.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fam vs Gamin 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>
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:13:06 -0500 Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> 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 --
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