Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-libs/libevent-2.1.13
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-libs/libevent-2.1.13
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-libs/libevent-2.1.13
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.13 | 8 | ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris | 0/2.1-7 |
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit libtool multilib-minimal verify-sig
MY_P="${P}-stable"
DESCRIPTION="Library to execute a function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor"
HOMEPAGE="
https://libevent.org/
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/
"
BASE_URI="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${MY_P#*-}"
SRC_URI="
${BASE_URI}/${MY_P}.tar.gz
verify-sig? (
${BASE_URI}/${MY_P}.tar.gz.asc
)
"
S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
LICENSE="BSD"
SLOT="0/2.1-7"
KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
IUSE="
+clock-gettime debug malloc-replacement +ssl static-libs test
verbose-debug
"
RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
DEPEND="
ssl? (
>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1h-r2:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
)
"
RDEPEND="
${DEPEND}
"
BDEPEND="
verify-sig? (
>=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-libevent-1
)
"
MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
/usr/include/event2/event-config.h
)
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.1.12-libressl.patch #903001
)
VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/libevent.asc
src_prepare() {
default
# bug #767472
elibtoolize
}
multilib_src_configure() {
# fix out-of-source builds
mkdir -p test || die
ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" \
econf \
$(use_enable clock-gettime) \
$(use_enable debug debug-mode) \
$(use_enable malloc-replacement malloc-replacement) \
$(use_enable ssl openssl) \
$(use_enable static-libs static) \
$(use_enable test libevent-regress) \
$(use_enable verbose-debug) \
--disable-samples
}
src_test() {
# The test suite doesn't quite work (see bug #406801 for the latest
# installment in a riveting series of reports).
:
# emake -C test check | tee "${T}"/tests
}
DOCS=( ChangeLog{,-1.4,-2.0} )
multilib_src_install_all() {
einstalldocs
find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p dev-libs/libevent |
euse -E <flag> -p dev-libs/libevent |
euse -D <flag> -p dev-libs/libevent
ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1h-r2:0=[] )
ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1h-r2:0=[] )
verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-libevent-1 )