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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index bed4d06ec0..9018479a47 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ MODULES = \ gnu/packages/ld-wrapper.scm \ gnu/packages/less.scm \ gnu/packages/libapr.scm \ + gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm \ gnu/packages/libevent.scm \ gnu/packages/libffi.scm \ gnu/packages/libidn.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 <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; +;;; 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +(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+))) |