devel/fam build failure

[B Briggs]

Mark Ovens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Trying to update my ports but devel/fam won't build. One of the errors 
> mentions an old version of automake so I've uninstalled *all* versions 
> of automake and autoconf and just reinstalled the latest versions 
> (autoconf259 and automake19) but devel/fam still won't build.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mark
> 
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I know that this is not a solution to devel/fam, but I just thought that 
  I'd mention what I did last night when I ran into this:

1. removed devel/fam (cd /usr/ports/devel/fam && make deinstall)
2. changed /etc/make.conf:
	WITH_FAM_SYSTEM=gamin
You might want to add this line if you don't already have it, but you 
          most likely have it.
3. cd /usr/ports/devel/gamin && make install
4. pkgdb -F (and replaced all fam to gamin)

At this point I was ready to check to see if any of the ports that had 
required fam didn't work, openoffice, xine, gcalctool, etc, and I would 
have rebuilt all of those. But there was no problem.

Anyway, I have a question: Why are there two ports here that do the same 
thing? Some of my ports specify fam, some specify gamin, and of course I 
have to have the WITH_FAM_SYSTEM var in make.conf to remove conflicts. 
If the two DON'T do the same thing, what is the difference? Just asking.

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B Briggs