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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY libevent-download-http
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| 8 | "https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/libevent-&libevent-version;-stable.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY libevent-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libevent-md5sum "91111579769f46055b0a438f5cc59572">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libevent-size "824 KB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libevent-buildsize "20 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY libevent-time "0.3 SBU">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="libevent" xreflabel="libevent-&libevent-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="libevent.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>libevent-&libevent-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="libevent">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-libevent">Libevent</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Libevent</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Libevent</application> is an asynchronous event notification
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| 35 | software library. The Libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a
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| 36 | callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or
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| 37 | after a timeout has been reached. Furthermore, Libevent also supports
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| 38 | callbacks due to signals or regular timeouts.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs71_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libevent-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libevent-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &libevent-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &libevent-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &libevent-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &libevent-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Libevent Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="openssl"/></para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 83 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libevent"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 | </sect2>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 88 | <title>Installation of Libevent</title>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>
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| 91 | Install <application>Libevent</application> by running the following
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| 92 | commands:
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| 93 | </para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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| 96 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para>
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| 99 | This package does not have a working testsuite
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| 100 | </para>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <!-- <para>
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| 103 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 104 | </para> -->
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <para>
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| 107 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 108 | </para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 114 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 117 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 118 | </sect2>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 121 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <segmentedlist>
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| 124 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 125 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 126 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <seglistitem>
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| 129 | <seg>event_rpcgen.py</seg>
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| 130 | <seg>
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| 131 | libevent_core.so,
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| 132 | libevent_extra.so,
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| 133 | libevent_openssl.so,
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| 134 | libevent_pthreads.so and
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| 135 | libevent.so
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| 136 | </seg>
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| 137 | <seg>/usr/include/event2</seg>
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| 138 | </seglistitem>
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| 139 | </segmentedlist>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <!-- Who knows what these things do?
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| 142 | <variablelist>
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| 143 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 144 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 145 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <varlistentry id="event_rpcgen.py">
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| 148 | <term><command>event_rpcgen.py</command></term>
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| 149 | <listitem>
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| 150 | <para>
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| 151 | does this .....
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| 152 | </para>
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| 153 | <indexterm zone="libevent event_rpcgen.py">
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| 154 | <primary sortas="b-event_rpcgen.py">event_rpcgen.py</primary>
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| 155 | </indexterm>
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| 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <varlistentry id="libevent_core">
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| 160 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_core.so</filename></term>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>
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| 163 | contains functions that .....
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_core">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="c-libevent_core">libevent_core.so</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 | </listitem>
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| 169 | </varlistentry>
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| 170 | </variablelist>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <varlistentry id="libevent_extra">
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| 173 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_extra.so</filename></term>
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| 174 | <listitem>
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| 175 | <para>
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| 176 | contains functions that .....
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| 177 | </para>
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| 178 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_extra">
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| 179 | <primary sortas="c-libevent_extra">libevent_extra.so</primary>
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| 180 | </indexterm>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 | </varlistentry>
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| 183 | </variablelist>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <varlistentry id="libevent_openssl">
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| 186 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_openssl.so</filename></term>
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| 187 | <listitem>
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| 188 | <para>
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| 189 | contains functions that .....
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| 190 | </para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_openssl">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="c-libevent_openssl">libevent_openssl.so</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 | </variablelist>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <varlistentry id="libevent_pthreads">
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| 199 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_pthreads.so</filename></term>
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| 200 | <listitem>
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | contains functions that .....
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| 203 | </para>
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| 204 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_pthreads">
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| 205 | <primary sortas="c-libevent_pthreads">libevent_pthreads.so</primary>
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| 206 | </indexterm>
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| 207 | </listitem>
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| 208 | </varlistentry>
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| 209 | </variablelist>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <varlistentry id="libevent-lib">
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| 212 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent.so</filename></term>
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| 213 | <listitem>
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| 214 | <para>
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| 215 | contains functions that .....
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| 216 | </para>
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| 217 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent-lib">
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| 218 | <primary sortas="c-libevent">libevent.so</primary>
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| 219 | </indexterm>
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| 220 | </listitem>
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| 221 | </varlistentry>
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| 222 | </variablelist> -->
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| 223 | </sect2>
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| 224 | </sect1>
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