#:use-module (gnu packages)
#:use-module (gnu packages perl)
#:use-module (gnu packages acl)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages base)
#:use-module (guix licenses)
#:use-module (guix packages)
#:use-module (guix download)
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
("acl" ,acl)))
- (synopsis "rsync, a remote (and local) file copying tool")
+ (synopsis "Remote (and local) file copying tool")
(description
- "rsync is a fast and versatile file copying tool. It can copy locally,
+ "Rsync is a fast and versatile file copying tool. It can copy locally,
to/from another host over any remote shell, or to/from a remote rsync daemon.
Its delta-transfer algorithm reduces the amount of data sent over the network
by sending only the differences between the source files and the existing
files in the destination.")
(license gpl3+)
(home-page "http://rsync.samba.org/")))
+
+(define-public librsync
+ (package
+ (name "librsync")
+ (version "0.9.7")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/librsync/librsync/"
+ version "/librsync-" version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1mj1pj99mgf1a59q9f2mxjli2fzxpnf55233pc1klxk2arhf8cv6"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("which" ,which)
+ ("perl" ,perl)))
+ (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--enable-shared")))
+ (home-page "http://librsync.sourceforge.net/")
+ (synopsis "Implementation of the rsync remote-delta algorithm")
+ (description
+ "Librsync is a free software library that implements the rsync
+remote-delta algorithm. This algorithm allows efficient remote updates of a
+file, without requiring the old and new versions to both be present at the
+sending end. The library uses a \"streaming\" design similar to that of zlib
+with the aim of allowing it to be embedded into many different applications.")
+ (license lgpl2.1+)))