[5ef6186] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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[e27c5c5d] | 7 | <!ENTITY libevent-source "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download">
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <!ENTITY libevent-download-http "&libevent-source;/release-&libevent-version;-stable/libevent-&libevent-version;-stable.tar.gz">
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[5ef6186] | 10 | <!ENTITY libevent-download-ftp " ">
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[b2bd6604] | 11 | <!ENTITY libevent-md5sum "b5333f021f880fe76490d8a799cd79f4">
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[0732d97d] | 12 | <!ENTITY libevent-size "1.0 MB">
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[3591ad9] | 13 | <!ENTITY libevent-buildsize "20 MB (add 4 MB for tests and 4 MB for API docs)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY libevent-time "0.3 SBU (add 11 SBU for tests)">
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[5ef6186] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="libevent" xreflabel="libevent-&libevent-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="libevent.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <title>libevent-&libevent-version;</title>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <indexterm zone="libevent">
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[ea21196] | 24 | <primary sortas="a-libevent">libevent</primary>
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[5ef6186] | 25 | </indexterm>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <sect2 role="package">
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[ea21196] | 28 | <title>Introduction to libevent</title>
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[5ef6186] | 29 |
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| 30 | <para>
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[ea21196] | 31 | <application>libevent</application> is an asynchronous event notification
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| 32 | software library. The <application>libevent</application> API provides a
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| 33 | mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on
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| 34 | a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached. Furthermore,
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| 35 | <application>libevent</application> also supports callbacks due to
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| 36 | signals or regular timeouts.
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[5ef6186] | 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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[09a464a] | 39 | &lfs113_checked;
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[5ef6186] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libevent-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libevent-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &libevent-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &libevent-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &libevent-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &libevent-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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[ea21196] | 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libevent Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[b1a45a4b] | 76 | <!-- Python3 ports of the rpcgen_event.py file were produced in 2.1.9 -->
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[94b42903] | 77 | <!--
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[5ef6186] | 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[ea21196] | 79 | <para role="recommended">
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| 80 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>
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| 81 | </para>
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[94b42903] | 82 | -->
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[be00429] | 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 84 | <para role="optional">
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| 85 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (for API documentation)
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| 86 | </para>
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| 87 |
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[5ef6186] | 88 | </sect2>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[ea21196] | 91 | <title>Installation of libevent</title>
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[5ef6186] | 92 |
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[20e9b21] | 93 | <para>
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[ecc2386] | 94 | First, fix an issue that prevents event_rpcgen.py from working:
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[20e9b21] | 95 | </para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/python/&3/' event_rpcgen.py</userinput></screen>
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| 98 |
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[5ef6186] | 99 | <para>
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[ea21196] | 100 | Install <application>libevent</application> by running the following
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[5ef6186] | 101 | commands:
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 |
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[0732d97d] | 104 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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[5ef6186] | 105 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 106 |
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[101030d] | 107 | <para>
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| 108 | If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed and wish to build API
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[a42c273] | 109 | documentation, issue :
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[101030d] | 110 | </para>
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| 111 |
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[a42c273] | 112 | <screen remap="doc"><userinput>doxygen Doxyfile</userinput></screen>
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| 113 |
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[5ef6186] | 114 | <para>
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[d9622443] | 115 | To test the results, issue: <command>make verify</command>. Six tests in
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| 116 | every suite related to <filename>regress_ssl.c</filename> and
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| 117 | <filename>regress_http.c</filename> are known to fail due to
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| 118 | incompatibilities with OpenSSL-3.
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[ea21196] | 119 | </para>
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[5ef6186] | 120 |
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| 121 | <para>
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| 122 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[101030d] | 126 |
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| 127 | <para>
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| 128 | If you built the API documentation, install it by issuing the following
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| 129 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 130 | </para>
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| 131 |
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[a42c273] | 132 | <screen role="root"
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| 133 | remap="doc"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libevent-&libevent-version;/api &&
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[0732d97d] | 134 | cp -v -R doxygen/html/* \
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[101030d] | 135 | /usr/share/doc/libevent-&libevent-version;/api</userinput></screen>
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[5ef6186] | 136 | </sect2>
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[0732d97d] | 137 |
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[5ef6186] | 138 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 139 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 142 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[ea21196] | 143 |
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[5ef6186] | 144 | </sect2>
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[0732d97d] | 145 |
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[5ef6186] | 146 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 147 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <segmentedlist>
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| 150 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 151 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 152 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <seglistitem>
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[ea21196] | 155 | <seg>
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[0732d97d] | 156 | event_rpcgen.py
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[ea21196] | 157 | </seg>
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[5ef6186] | 158 | <seg>
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[0732d97d] | 159 | libevent_core.so,
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| 160 | libevent_extra.so,
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| 161 | libevent_openssl.so,
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| 162 | libevent_pthreads.so and
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| 163 | libevent.so
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[5ef6186] | 164 | </seg>
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[ea21196] | 165 | <seg>
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[0732d97d] | 166 | /usr/include/event2 and
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[d591de4] | 167 | /usr/share/doc/libevent-&libevent-version;
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[ea21196] | 168 | </seg>
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[5ef6186] | 169 | </seglistitem>
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| 170 | </segmentedlist>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <!-- Who knows what these things do?
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| 173 | <variablelist>
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| 174 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 175 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 176 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 177 |
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[0732d97d] | 178 | <varlistentry id="event_rpcgen.py">
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| 179 | <term><command>event_rpcgen.py</command></term>
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[5ef6186] | 180 | <listitem>
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| 181 | <para>
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[0732d97d] | 182 | does this .....
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[5ef6186] | 183 | </para>
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[0732d97d] | 184 | <indexterm zone="libevent event_rpcgen.py">
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| 185 | <primary sortas="b-event_rpcgen.py">event_rpcgen.py</primary>
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[5ef6186] | 186 | </indexterm>
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| 187 | </listitem>
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| 188 | </varlistentry>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <varlistentry id="libevent_core">
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| 191 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_core.so</filename></term>
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| 192 | <listitem>
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| 193 | <para>
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| 194 | contains functions that .....
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| 195 | </para>
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| 196 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_core">
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| 197 | <primary sortas="c-libevent_core">libevent_core.so</primary>
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| 198 | </indexterm>
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| 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 | </varlistentry>
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| 201 | </variablelist>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <varlistentry id="libevent_extra">
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| 204 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_extra.so</filename></term>
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| 205 | <listitem>
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| 206 | <para>
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| 207 | contains functions that .....
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| 208 | </para>
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| 209 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_extra">
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| 210 | <primary sortas="c-libevent_extra">libevent_extra.so</primary>
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| 211 | </indexterm>
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| 212 | </listitem>
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| 213 | </varlistentry>
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[0732d97d] | 214 | </variablelist>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <varlistentry id="libevent_openssl">
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| 217 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_openssl.so</filename></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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| 219 | <para>
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| 220 | contains functions that .....
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| 221 | </para>
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| 222 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_openssl">
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| 223 | <primary sortas="c-libevent_openssl">libevent_openssl.so</primary>
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| 224 | </indexterm>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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| 227 | </variablelist>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <varlistentry id="libevent_pthreads">
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| 230 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_pthreads.so</filename></term>
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| 231 | <listitem>
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| 232 | <para>
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| 233 | contains functions that .....
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| 234 | </para>
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| 235 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_pthreads">
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| 236 | <primary sortas="c-libevent_pthreads">libevent_pthreads.so</primary>
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| 237 | </indexterm>
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| 238 | </listitem>
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| 239 | </varlistentry>
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| 240 | </variablelist>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <varlistentry id="libevent-lib">
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| 243 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent.so</filename></term>
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| 244 | <listitem>
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| 245 | <para>
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| 246 | contains functions that .....
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| 247 | </para>
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| 248 | <indexterm zone="libevent libevent-lib">
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| 249 | <primary sortas="c-libevent">libevent.so</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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[ea21196] | 253 |
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[5ef6186] | 254 | </variablelist> -->
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[ea21196] | 255 |
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[5ef6186] | 256 | </sect2>
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[ea21196] | 257 |
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[5ef6186] | 258 | </sect1>
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