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+;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of Guix.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (distro packages bdw-gc)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix utils)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
+
+(define-public libgc
+  (package
+   (name "libgc")
+   (version "7.2alpha6")
+   (source (origin
+            (method http-fetch)
+            (uri (string-append
+                  "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-"
+                  version ".tar.gz"))
+            (sha256
+             (base32
+              "05jwadjbrv8pr7z9cb4miskicxqpxm0pca4h2rg5cgbpajr2bx7b"))))
+   (build-system gnu-build-system)
+   (synopsis "The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector
+for C and C++")
+   (description
+    "The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used
+as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new.  It allows
+you to allocate memory basically as you normally would, without
+explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful.  The collector
+automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer
+be otherwise accessed.
+
+The collector is also used by a number of programming language
+implementations that either use C as intermediate code, want to
+facilitate easier interoperation with C libraries, or just prefer the
+simple collector interface.
+
+Alternatively, the garbage collector may be used as a leak detector for
+C or C++ programs, though that is not its primary goal.")
+   (home-page "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/")
+
+   ;; permissive X11-style license:
+   ;; http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/license.txt
+   (license "X11")))