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From: Maxim Wexler <maxim.wexler@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mpd issues
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:46:52
Message-Id: a0811460908311255g2231987paa3be7c2ff25cfd8@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] mpd issues by Greg Fitzgerald
1 So I oughta be able just to #rc-update del mpd, since I don't need(or
2 can't even use ) it as long as the client has permission to access the
3 files under /var?
4
5 On 8/31/09, Greg Fitzgerald <netzdamon@×××××.com> wrote:
6 > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:11:23AM -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote:
7 >> Hi group,
8 >>
9 >> This is too baffling to get my head around, I hope someone can explain it
10 >> to me:
11 >>
12 >> mpd is set to run in the default level but if you want to update the
13 >> database mpd must first be stopped! Then to top it off, it doesn't
14 >> have to be restarted to run the client, ncmpcpp in my case.
15 >>
16 >> So what does mpd do if it's not required for these two essential tasks?
17 >>
18 >> Maxim
19 >
20 > Most clients that I have used, ncmpc, mpc, gmpc, all have support to
21 > update the database within the client without restarting the daemon. For
22 > example mpc update will do just that.
23 >
24 > Greg
25 >
26 >

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] mpd issues Greg Fitzgerald <netzdamon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] mpd issues Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>