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Re: [fam] fam 2.6.6 in installed in Debian

To: Michael Wardle <michael.wardle@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [fam] fam 2.6.6 in installed in Debian
From: Alex Larsson <alexl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:04:52 -0500 (EST)
Cc: Joerg Wendland <joergland@xxxxxxxxxx>, <fam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <3C1D295E.20208@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Michael Wardle wrote:

> Hi Joerg.
> 
>  > just wanted to notify the authors and users of FAM that packages of
>  > FAM 2.6.6 have been installed into the Debian Distribution. It has
>  > been compiled with a patch to allow the usage of the dnotify facility.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Thanks.  Unfortunately I don't have a Sid box to try it out just now. 
> Let me know if I can help.
> 
> The source tree (in particular the RPM stuff) has been described as 
> suboptimal.  The man pages may also have the wrong location (I think 
> they reference /usr/etc/fam, and fall in a different section than they 
> should).  I'd be happy to work with you to fix these, or any other, 
> problems.

The RPM parts are just crap. That is not how RPMs are built. I had to add 
a patch to the RedHat rpm that just removes all of that...

/ Alex



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