Bug#380023: gamin: Please remove the conflict with fam

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mercredi 26 juillet 2006 à 17:01 -0500, Christopher Cashell a écrit :
> Package: gamin
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Is there a reson this conflicts with fam?  Other than that they provide
> similar services?

They provide ABI-compatible libraries with the same filenames.

> I'm trying to some testing with both of them, to determine which one
> will provide what I need better, and it's a pain in the butt when
> installing gamin forces me to remove fam.

Anyway gamin isn't maintained anymore, so if you want to use it you
should consider adopting the package. But I strongly recommend using the
Gnome-VFS monitoring API instead. It is simpler and more reliable.
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