From 4cdbdd4439d493659af60608c37704545b376600 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 17:00:33 +0100 Subject: gnu: Add libdaemon. * gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. --- gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm (limited to 'gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm') diff --git a/gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm b/gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0c77e280ac --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU +;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès +;;; +;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. +;;; +;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at +;;; your option) any later version. +;;; +;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +;;; GNU General Public License for more details. +;;; +;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see . + +(define-module (gnu packages libdaemon) + #:use-module (guix licenses) + #:use-module (guix packages) + #:use-module (guix download) + #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)) + +(define-public libdaemon + (package + (name "libdaemon") + (version "0.14") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append + "http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/libdaemon-" + version + ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "0d5qlq5ab95wh1xc87rqrh1vx6i8lddka1w3f1zcqvcqdxgyn8zx")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (home-page "http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/") + (synopsis "Lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemons") + (description + "libdaemon is a lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX +daemons. It consists of the following parts: + + • A wrapper around fork() which does the correct daemonization procedure of + a process + + • A wrapper around syslog() for simpler and compatible log output to Syslog + or STDERR + + • An API for writing PID files + + • An API for serializing UNIX signals into a pipe for usage with select() or + poll() + + • An API for running subprocesses with STDOUT and STDERR redirected to + syslog. + +APIs like these are used in most daemon software available. It is not that +simple to get it done right and code duplication is not a goal.") + (license lgpl2.1+))) -- cgit v1.2.3