[gamin] gamin (inotify?) and KDE issue

[Stephen Anderson <stephena hiwaay net>]

Hi,

I'm testing gamin with the inotify backed end of 2.6.8.1 using inotify 
0.0.9.2.  I'm using KDE 3.3 which was previously using FAM.

The issue that I see is that I have a directory named:
/var/abs/local/gamin
Under this there are two directories and 5-6 files.  The subdirectories 
are "pkg" and "src".  Inside both are a bunch of more subdirectories and 
files.

In Konqueror I navigate to and look in /var/abs/local/gamin.  I can see 
everything as it should be.

Now with a command prompt I issue the following commands and get the 
following results:

rm -r /var/abs/local/gamin/src
* src directory disappears *
rm -r /var/abs/local/gamin/pkg
* ! no konqueror update *
F5 in konqueror
* pkg directory disappears *
mkdir /var/abs/local/gamin/pkg
* pkg directory appears *
mkdir /var/abs/local/gamin/src
* src directoty appears *
rm -r /var/abs/local/gamin/src
* ! no konqueror update *
rm -r /var/abs/local/gamin/pkg
* BOTH src and pkg disappear *

I tested more extensively with about 7 directories, and the pattern holds.  
Konqueror only gets updated with every OTHER directory removal from the 
directory it is watching.

A furhter odd surprise was that when it updated automatically to show me 
removing "pkg" and then didn't update when I removed "src", (so now no 
subdirectories), and then I mkdir "test", konqueror automatically updated 
to show test AND src disappeared.

I tested and this behavior is not seen when using FAM.

Cheers,
Steve