I've been using pyinotify for two months without any problems. The application that uses pyinotify is a python daemon that watch for e-mail arrival to a maildir directory. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install pyinotify 2. 3. Portage 2.1.3.19 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.23- gentoo-r3 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Timestamp of tree: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -msse3 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-reb uild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -msse3 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms stri ct unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis tributions/gentoo/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ htt p://distfiles.gentoo.org " LANG="es_ES" LC_ALL="es_ES" LINGUAS="en es" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/di stfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/emacs /usr/portage/local/layman/sajin et /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa amd64 bitmap-fonts bzip2 cli cracklib crypt dbus doc dri emacs fontc onfig gdbm gif gnutls gpm gtk gtk2 iconv imlib isdnlog jpeg midi mp3 mudflap ncu rses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia opengl openmp pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python r eadline reflection sdl session spell spl sqlite ssl svg tcpd truetype-fonts type 1-fonts unicode xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt 87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x 0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PL UGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 i oplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm soft vol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host auth z_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache en v expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem _cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id use rdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL= "linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb nc urses text" LINGUAS="en es" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_C OMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
x86 stable.
ppc stabel
dev-python/pyinotify-0.7.0 USE="doc examples" 1. Emerges on AMD64. 2. No collisions. 3. No test phase. 4. Multilib-strict ok. 5. Works. 5.1. No rdeps to test with. 5.2. Tested with the examples. python@g.o: 0.7.1 released. Renaming the ebuild works. Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz Timestamp of tree: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:17:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.4 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/pam.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-agv" FEATURES="ccache collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer multilib-strict parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict test unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://thor ftp://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/pub/gentoo http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/gentoo http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://thor/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 arts avahi bash-completion bitmap-fonts branding cairo cdinstall cdr cli cracklib crypt dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode evo fam firefox flac gdbm gif hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde mad midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg mudflap musepack musicbrainz ncurses nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png postgres pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="i810" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
amd64 stable