From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 11:39:18 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 13571837 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:39:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@fstaals.net) Received: from isp-bos-02.edutel.nl (isp-bos-02.edutel.nl [IPv6:2a01:670:100:11::2:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE318FC12 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:39:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isp-aos-01.edu.local (unknown [IPv6:2a01:670:100:11::1:1]) by isp-bos-02.edutel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6E6E2C6684; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:39:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by isp-aos-01.edu.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id A33FD3DD650; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:39:16 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at isp-aos-01.edutel.intern Received: from isp-aos-01.edu.local ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (isp-aos-01.edu.local [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id K+5DQpxXGK8f; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:39:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from lacus.fstaals.net (104-208.ftth.onsbrabantnet.nl [88.159.208.104]) by isp-aos-01.edu.local (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6DDC13DD658; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:39:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from lacus.fstaals.net (unknown [192.168.10.14]) by filter.fstaals.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45AB27F4FB7; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:39:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dyn-80-235.cs.uu.nl [131.211.80.235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: frank) by lacus.fstaals.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2AAB67F4D7B; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:39:11 +0100 (CET) From: Frank Staals To: Lars Engels Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD References: <20121219080412.5396aeb6@scorpio> <874njimak6.fsf@Shanna.FStaals.net> <20121219092347.4cafd59d@scorpio> <20121220112316.GQ33209@e-new.0x20.net> User-Mail-Address: frank@fstaals.net Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:39:01 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20121220112316.GQ33209@e-new.0x20.net> (Lars Engels's message of "Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:23:16 +0100") Message-ID: <87lict7y22.fsf@Shanna.FStaals.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org 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 11:39:18 -0000 Lars Engels writes: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 09:23:47AM -0500, 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. > > AFAIK the Windows versions works with WINE. What does works mean in this case? It start? It can download the files? and/or full both-way sync works? I would imagine that no matter what you would need some sort of kernel support to detect changes in the file system, and I read somewhere that kqueue does not provide all the required features. So it would surprise me a bit if it would be fully functional. I'm not sure about the details though, so I would be happy to be proven wrong. -- - Frank