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authorPete Fritchman <petef@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-26 18:39:25 +0000
committerPete Fritchman <petef@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-26 18:39:25 +0000
commit58c4669e2515712911051693ac4189dce6a884b8 (patch)
tree9e9b19fdee781cf827f96e2df87bf04aa7406d28 /devel/libevent
parent4347d5ae77155acd10ad2889c9a9da9fc79f234b (diff)
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- update to 0.7c
- make pkg-descr match reality
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=92226
Diffstat (limited to 'devel/libevent')
-rw-r--r--devel/libevent/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--devel/libevent/distinfo2
-rw-r--r--devel/libevent/pkg-descr25
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/devel/libevent/Makefile b/devel/libevent/Makefile
index 31daf4a46218..fe4865d6fdd8 100644
--- a/devel/libevent/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libevent/Makefile
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
#
PORTNAME= libevent
-PORTVERSION= 0.7.a
+PORTVERSION= 0.7.c
CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://monkey.org/~provos/
-DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/.a$/a/}
+DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/.c$/c/}
MAINTAINER= petef@FreeBSD.org
COMMENT= Provides an API to execute callback functions on certain events
diff --git a/devel/libevent/distinfo b/devel/libevent/distinfo
index 1c4813903740..7eceee23ad57 100644
--- a/devel/libevent/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libevent/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (libevent-0.7a.tar.gz) = 26282333c842a2f1557c1f29d9449d7a
+MD5 (libevent-0.7c.tar.gz) = d40f923789b81bc15f5ffd9ad48fe770
diff --git a/devel/libevent/pkg-descr b/devel/libevent/pkg-descr
index 5173770bbe09..27ebaba81f69 100644
--- a/devel/libevent/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/libevent/pkg-descr
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
-when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout
-has been reached.
+The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when
+a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
+reached.
-libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in
-event driven network servers. An application just needs to call
-event_dispatch() and can then add or remove events dynamically
-without having to change the event loop.
+libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in event
+driven network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch()
+and can then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the
+event loop.
-Currently, libevent supports kqueue(2) and select(2). Support for
-poll(2) and /dev/poll is planned. The internal event mechanism is
-completely independent of the exposed event API, and a simple update
-of libevent can provide this new functionality without having to
-redesign the server applications.
+Currently, libevent supports kqueue(2), select(2), poll(2), and epoll(4).
+The internal event mechanism is completely independent of the exposed event
+API, and a simple update of libevent can provide new functionality without
+having to redesign the applications. As a result, Libevent allows for
+portable application development and provides the most scalable event
+notification mechanism available on an operating system.
WWW: http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/