From 6b32a64a4dd7ed9e82d885dfa7fbc28f59d54f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:47:19 +0100 Subject: gnu: Add libevent. * gnu/packages/libevent.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. --- gnu/packages/libevent.scm | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gnu/packages/libevent.scm (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/packages/libevent.scm b/gnu/packages/libevent.scm new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ccca427fc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/libevent.scm @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +;;; 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 libevent) + #:use-module (gnu packages) + #:use-module (guix licenses) + #:use-module (guix packages) + #:use-module (guix download) + #:use-module (guix build-system gnu) + #:use-module (gnu packages which) + #:use-module (gnu packages python)) + +(define-public libevent + (package + (name "libevent") + (version "2.0.21") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append + "https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/libevent-" + version + "-stable.tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1xblymln9vihdmf1aqkp8chwvnhpdch3786bh30bj75slnl31992")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (inputs + `(("patch/dns-tests" ,(search-patch "libevent-dns-tests.patch")) + + ;; Dependencies used for the tests and for `event_rpcgen.py'. + ("which" ,which) + ("python" ,python))) + (arguments + '(#:patches (list (assoc-ref %build-inputs "patch/dns-tests")))) + (home-page "http://libevent.org/") + (synopsis + "libevent, an event notification library") + (description + "The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback +function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a +timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks +due to signals or regular timeouts. + +libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven +network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and +then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the event +loop.") + (license bsd-3))) -- cgit v1.2.3