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diff --git a/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm b/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..65c2fd99ce --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU +;;; Copyright © 2012 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 bdw-gc) + #:use-module (guix licenses) + #:use-module (guix packages) + #:use-module (guix download) + #:use-module (guix utils) + #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)) + +(define-public libgc + (package + (name "libgc") + (version "7.2alpha6") + (source (origin + (method url-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) + (synopsis "The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector +for C and C++") + (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))) |