Fam vs Gamin

[Scott T. Hildreth]

On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 12:13 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
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> 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
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> Joe Marcus Clarke
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