Fam vs Gamin

[Randy Pratt]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:13:06 -0500
Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at FreeBSD.org> 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,
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> >> Stale dependency: abiword-gnome-2.4.2 --> gamin-0.1.5_2 -- manually run 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force.
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> >> ...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?
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> 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).
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> 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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