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Diffstat (limited to 'devel/libevent')
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/libevent/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/libevent/distinfo | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/libevent/pkg-descr | 25 |
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/ |