From d038cac12ac8d48a79b79653e8dd876a3fffae3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:07:28 +0200
Subject: gnu: Add GNU Alive.

* gnu/packages/system.scm (alive): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/system.scm | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

(limited to 'gnu/packages/system.scm')

diff --git a/gnu/packages/system.scm b/gnu/packages/system.scm
index 019af78024..9c06e6b61e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/system.scm
@@ -321,3 +321,25 @@ (define-public netcat
 and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you
 would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.")
     (license gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public alive
+  (package
+    (name "alive")
+    (version "2.0.2")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/alive/alive-"
+                                 version ".tar.xz"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "1vrzg51ai68x9yld7vbgl58sxaw5qpx8rbakwcxn4cqq6vpxj38j"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("alive_cv_nice_ping=yes")))
+    (inputs `(("guile" ,guile-2.0)
+              ("inetutils" ,inetutils)))
+    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/alive/")
+    (synopsis "Autologin and keep-alive daemon")
+    (description
+     "GNU Alive sends periodic pings to a server, generally to keep a
+connection alive.")
+    (license gpl3+)))
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