Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-libs/libevent-2.2.2
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-libs/libevent-2.2.2
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-libs/libevent-2.2.2
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2.2 | 8 | 0/2.2.1-r2 |
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit cmake-multilib verify-sig
MY_P="${P}-alpha"
DESCRIPTION="Library to execute a function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor"
HOMEPAGE="
https://libevent.org/
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/
"
BASE_URI="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${PV}-alpha"
SRC_URI="
${BASE_URI}/${MY_P}.tar.gz
verify-sig? (
${BASE_URI}/${MY_P}.tar.gz.asc
)
"
S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
LICENSE="BSD"
SLOT="0/2.2.1-r2"
KEYWORDS=""
IUSE="
+clock-gettime debug malloc-replacement mbedtls +ssl static-libs
test verbose-debug
"
# TODO: hangs
RESTRICT="test"
DEPEND="
mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:3=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1h-r2:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
"
RDEPEND="
${DEPEND}
"
BDEPEND="
verify-sig? (
>=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-libevent-1
)
"
DOCS=( README.md ChangeLog{,-2.0} whatsnew-2.{0,1}.txt )
MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
/usr/include/event2/event-config.h
)
VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/libevent.asc
multilib_src_configure() {
local mycmakeargs=(
-DEVENT__DISABLE_CLOCK_GETTIME=$(usex !clock-gettime ON OFF)
-DEVENT__DISABLE_DEBUG_MODE=$(usex !debug ON OFF)
-DEVENT__DISABLE_MBEDTLS=$(usex !mbedtls ON OFF)
-DEVENT__DISABLE_MM_REPLACEMENT=$(usex !malloc-replacement ON OFF)
-DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=$(usex !ssl ON OFF)
-DEVENT__LIBRARY_TYPE=$(usex static-libs BOTH SHARED)
-DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=""
)
cmake_src_configure
}
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
mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:3=[] ) ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1h-r2:=[] )
mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:3=[] ) ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1h-r2:=[] )
verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-libevent-1 )