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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-05 09:27:42 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-05 11:25:39 +0100
commit52b321e908467ac05f70ec7415aed8bd438f06db (patch)
tree30b5b88743f7f3d69a5197cfd1ca9a2c07096c78 /gnu
parent65fb4515f028b11d41cd5f07825c86df6efac1a5 (diff)
downloadguix-52b321e908467ac05f70ec7415aed8bd438f06db.tar.gz
gnu: ntp: Build with POSIX capabilities support on GNU/Linux.
* gnu/packages/ntp.scm (ntp)[inputs]: New field.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/ntp.scm10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ntp.scm b/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
index 75f8f900a3..8e6ed4fd3c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 (define-module (gnu packages ntp)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages which)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
   #:use-module (guix licenses)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
@@ -39,11 +40,18 @@
 	     (base32
 	      "077r69a41hasl8zf5c44km7cqgfhrkaj6a4jnr75j7nkz5qq7ayn"))))
    (native-inputs `(("which" ,which)))
+   (inputs
+    ;; Build with POSIX capabilities support on GNU/Linux.  This allows 'ntpd'
+    ;; to run as non-root (when invoked with '-u'.)
+    (if (string-suffix? "-linux"
+                        (or (%current-target-system) (%current-system)))
+        `(("libcap" ,libcap))
+        '()))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (synopsis "Real time clock synchonization system")
    (description "NTP is a system designed to synchronize the clocks of
 computers over a network.")
-   (license (x11-style 
+   (license (x11-style
              "http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/copyright.html"
              "A non-copyleft free licence from the University of Delaware"))
    (home-page "http://www.ntp.org")))