> Before 2.6.25, inotify did not notify the user in case a file st_nlink
> reached 0 (IN_ATTRIB event). This is problematic for application that
> wish to be notified of file deletion although they still have an open
> file descriptor on the deleted file (they never get any notification
> about the deletion). 

In response to this, libev has been modified (in CVS) to avoid using inotify
on kernels <2.6.25. The version check is somewhat ugly, it would be nice if
somebody else looked over it.

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