From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 29 21:04:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C1A916A422; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:04:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jylefort@FreeBSD.org) Received: from host-212-68-242-42.brutele.be (host-212-68-242-42.brutele.be [212.68.242.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B386A43D49; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:04:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jylefort@FreeBSD.org) Received: from jsite.lefort.net (jsite.lefort.net [192.168.1.2]) by gateway.lefort.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DEEA54CE; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:04:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from jsite.lefort.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jsite.lefort.net (Postfix) with SMTP id F096FC129; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:04:56 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:04:56 +0100 From: Jean-Yves Lefort To: Michael Nottebrock Message-Id: <20060129220456.01f68e6f.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <43DCB258.70304@freebsd.org> References: <20060129122806.4e58ae2d.dick@nagual.st> <43DCB258.70304@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed running on FreeBSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Sun__29_Jan_2006_22_04_56_+0100_c5V57iZ2GpAk0i4I" Cc: ports@freebsd.org, dick@nagual.st Subject: Re: gamin vs fam X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:04:59 -0000 --Signature=_Sun__29_Jan_2006_22_04_56_+0100_c5V57iZ2GpAk0i4I Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:17:28 +0100 Michael Nottebrock wrote: > dick hoogendijk schrieb: > > Upgrading my ports collection I noticed a lot of ports that wanted to > > install gamin. This didn't work though, cause files are installed at > > the same place as FAM (already installed on my system as a dep of > > courier). > >=20 > > Running pkgdb -F everytime is not pleasant. What is (are) the advantage > > (s) of gamin over fam? Is it wise to change to gamin? >=20 > The recent change of the USE_FAM default was done without proper testing > - others have already reported problems with gamin, especially in the > case of courier-imap. The first part of your statement is not right. Gamin has been successfully tested by a considerable number of GNOME users during the last 9 months or so. --=20 Jean-Yves Lefort jylefort@FreeBSD.org http://lefort.be.eu.org/ --Signature=_Sun__29_Jan_2006_22_04_56_+0100_c5V57iZ2GpAk0i4I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD3S34yzD7UaO4AGoRAmDTAJ0YNVSZjn8vyq52w3sHcXiQZd9uyACfZgfS B3FDk8hzLKnhHZmUX3X1khw= =Pm/x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sun__29_Jan_2006_22_04_56_+0100_c5V57iZ2GpAk0i4I--