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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index e712c3cb9d..9a5127fbe4 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -755,3 +755,30 @@ Packets are forwarded based on Ethernet address, rather than IP address (like a router). Since forwarding is done at Layer 2, all protocols can go transparently through a bridge.") (license gpl2+))) + +(define-public libnl + (package + (name "libnl") + (version "3.2.13") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append + "http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/files/libnl-" + version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1ydw42lsd572qwrfgws97n76hyvjdpanwrxm03lysnhfxkna1ssd")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (native-inputs `(("flex" ,flex) ("bison" ,bison))) + (home-page "http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/") + (synopsis "NetLink protocol library suite") + (description + "The libnl suite is a collection of libraries providing APIs to netlink +protocol based Linux kernel interfaces. Netlink is an IPC mechanism primarly +between the kernel and user space processes. It was designed to be a more +flexible successor to ioctl to provide mainly networking related kernel +configuration and monitoring interfaces.") + + ;; Most files are LGPLv2.1-only, but some are GPLv2-only (like + ;; 'nl-addr-add.c'), so the result is GPLv2-only. + (license gpl2))) |