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+;;; 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+)))