[gamin] Re: [PATCH] Add legacy INotify backend

[John McCutchan <ttb tentacle dhs org>]

On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 10:07 +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> (sorry if twice .. sent with wrong email)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Not really tested that well, but more for comment if upstream will be
> interested ...
> 
> Basically add a inotify legacy support backend, disabled by default.  I
> think however the HAVE_INOTIFY_IOCTL_MAGIC stuff might be considered if
> the rest is not, as it should not try to compile the new backend against
> system linux/inotify.h if old version.


Thanks! The patch looks good. But I don't think we should bother with
it. Anyone who is using legacy inotify, did it consciously, so I think
it's fair if we force them to upgrade. Maybe we could just commit the
patch itself and let people apply it themselves. What do you think?


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John McCutchan <ttb tentacle dhs org>