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| -rw-r--r-- | distro/packages/base.scm | 38 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/distro/packages/base.scm b/distro/packages/base.scm index 49cc2d49dd..d16d9800f7 100644 --- a/distro/packages/base.scm +++ b/distro/packages/base.scm @@ -1174,6 +1174,42 @@ on where to find glib (or other libraries). It is language-agnostic, so it can be used for defining the location of documentation tools, for instance."))) +(define-public libgc + (package + (name "libgc") + (version "7.2alpha6") + (source (origin + (method http-fetch) + (uri (string-append + "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-" + version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "05jwadjbrv8pr7z9cb4miskicxqpxm0pca4h2rg5cgbpajr2bx7b")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (description "The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector +for C and C++") + (long-description + "The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used +as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. It allows +you to allocate memory basically as you normally would, without +explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector +automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer +be otherwise accessed. + +The collector is also used by a number of programming language +implementations that either use C as intermediate code, want to +facilitate easier interoperation with C libraries, or just prefer the +simple collector interface. + +Alternatively, the garbage collector may be used as a leak detector for +C or C++ programs, though that is not its primary goal.") + (home-page "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/") + + ;; permissive X11-style license: + ;; http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/license.txt + (license "X11"))) + (define-public guile-2.0 (package (name "guile") @@ -1200,7 +1236,7 @@ instance."))) ;; The headers and/or `guile-2.0.pc' refer to these packages, so they ;; must be propagated. - ("bdw-gc" ,(nixpkgs-derivation* "boehmgc")) + ("bdw-gc" ,libgc) ("gmp" ,gmp))) (self-native-input? #t) |