libevent2 API for executing callback functions on events or timeouts

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Maintainer: mm@FreeBSD.org 👁 search for ports maintained by this maintainer

Port Added: 2011-02-22 13:22:28

Last Update: 2017-02-20 02:57:04

SVN Revision: 434427

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License: BSD3CLAUSE

WWW:

http://libevent.org/

Description:

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. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due to signals or regular timeouts. libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop. Currently, libevent supports /dev/poll, kqueue(2), event ports, 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. Libevent can also be used for multi-threaded applications. WWW: http://libevent.org/

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• libevent2>0:devel/libevent2

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1. autoconf-2.69 : devel/autoconf
2. autoheader-2.69 : devel/autoconf
3. autoreconf-2.69 : devel/autoconf
4. aclocal-1.15 : devel/automake
5. automake-1.15 : devel/automake
6. libtoolize : devel/libtool

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Configuration Options:

===> The following configuration options are available for libevent2-2.1.8: OPENSSL=on: SSL/TLS support via OpenSSL THREADS=on: Threading support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings

Options name:

N/A

USES:

autoreconf libtool pathfix ssl

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devel/libevent2: drop historical suffix after r362796

PR:		216777
Approved by:	mm (maintainer)

devel/libevent2: update to 2.1.8 and cleanup

- DEFAULT_VERSIONS += ssl=openssl-devel is now supported
- devel/py-event and devel/p5-Event-Lib are marked BROKEN

Changes:	https://github.com/libevent/libevent/raw/release-2.1.8-stable/whatsnew-2.1.txt
Changes:	https://github.com/libevent/libevent/raw/release-2.1.8-stable/ChangeLog
PR:		216527
Exp-run by:	antoine
Approved by:	mm (maintainer)

Mark some ports as not openssl-devel ready.

Sponsored by:	Absolight

Use USES=pathfix where applicable.

PR:		213195
Submitted by:	mat
Exp-run by:	antoine
Sponsored by:	Absolight
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8093

Cleanup USE_GITHUB usage.

With hat:	portmgr
Sponsored by:	Absolight

Update ports in the [bcd]* categories to not use GH_COMMIT.

With minor cleanups to make things simpler.

With hat:	portmgr
Sponsored by:	Absolight

Fix typo that prevents disabling THREADS since r362796

Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1717
Approved by:	portmgr blanket
Approved by:	bapt (mentor)

Update libevent2 to 2.0.22

PR:		199640
Submitted by:	Jan Beich <jbeich@vfemailnet>

Cleanup plist

- Fix various distinfo errors
- Remove unused USE_* knobs
- Fix typos in USE_* knobs
- Remove empty lines after .include <bsd.port.mk>

Approved by:	portmgr (bapt)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D911

devel/libevent2: Fix typo that blocked building with openSSL

PR:		193006
Reported by:	poyopoyo (puripuri.plala.or.jp)

Only use libevent2

Remove libevent as libevent2 is providing a good compatibility interface as well
as providing better performances.
Remove custom patches from libevent2 and install libevent2 the regular way
Mark ports abusing private fields of the libevent1 API as broken
Import a patch from fedora to have honeyd working with libevent2
Remove most of the patches necessary to find the custom installation we used to
have for libevent2

With hat:	portmgr

Update WWW: homepage link.

Pointed out by:	ijliao
Reviewed by:	mm

- Convert to USES=libtool.
- Remove redundant CONFIGURE_ENV.
- Replace post-patch with pathfix.

Add STAGE support to devel/libevent and devel/libevent2

Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
devel part 3)

- Get rid of PTHREAD_CFLAGS and PTHREAD_LIBS (category: devel)

Approved by:	portmgr

Update devel/libevent2 to 2.0.21

Update some of my ports to new options framework

Submitted by:	Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>

Fix master_site to allow fetch without redirection neither https (this fix
authentication error happening from time to time)

Hat:		portmgr
Feature safe:	yes
Reported by:	avg

Update to 2.0.20
Correct include order in pkg-config [1]

PR:		ports/170184 [1]
Submitted by:	Jan Beich [1]
Feature safe:	yes

Update to 2.0.19

- Allow security/openssl to be used instead of base system

PR: ports/160593
Submitted by: bf
Approved by: maintainer timeout (mm ; 152 days)

Update to 2.0.16

Feature safe: yes

- Remove WITH_FBSD10_FIX, is no longer needed

- Fix build on FreeBSD 10

Update to 2.0.13

Update to 2.0.12

Update libevent2 to 2.0.11

- Add LICENSE knob(s)

- Fix library linking in libevent.pc [1]
- Add compatibility include to libevent.pc [2]

PR: ports/155315 [1], ports/155293 [2]
Submitted by: Jeremy Messenger <mezz@FreeBSD.org> [1]
Suggested by: swell.k@gmail.com [2]

- Respect PREFIX for libdir

PR: ports/155202
Submitted by: swell.k@gmail.com

Libevent version 2.x

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. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due to signals or
regular timeouts.

libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network
servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and then add
or remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop.

Currently, libevent supports /dev/poll, kqueue(2), event ports, 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.
Libevent can also be used for multi-threaded applications.

WWW: http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/

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