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Re: [trinity-devel] Compiling tdelibs on FreeBSD stuck on tdehardwaredevices.*

From: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <office@...>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 08:53:01 +0200
Am Sonntag, 17. Mai 2015 schrieb Fat-Zer:
> 2015-04-24 12:34 GMT+03:00 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@...>:
> > Am Freitag, 24. April 2015 schrieb Sl�vek Banko:
> >
> > Thank you, that part works :-)
> >
> > BTW, what do I loose when I build with -DWHITH_INOTIFY=OFF ?
> >
> > Nik
> >
> Inotify is used to monitor changes on the file system. There are also
> several alternatives: dnotify (old linux kernels), gamin (aka FAM, an
> old userspace daemon originated from gnome, I don't know if it's
> available on FreeBSD), and stat(2) as a generic fallback. So if you
> haven't enabled any of WHITH_INOTIFY, WHITH_INOTIFY or WITH_GAMIN kde
> will periodically stat files it monitors which will lead for a bit
> larger overhead...

Thank you for the explanation. FreeBSD comes with gamin, so I'll give WITH_GAMIN a try :-)

Nik


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