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-# Template file for 'upstart'
-pkgname=upstart
-version=0.5.1
-distfiles="http://upstart.ubuntu.com/download/0.5/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_args="--disable-rpath --exec-prefix=/ --enable-threading"
-make_install_args="sbindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/sbin"
-short_desc="Event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=22135c18aa09253ecca3544d9633d73655d7a378cd4a9f7f45a19c68f7058e13
-long_desc="
- Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles
- starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown
- and supervising them while the system is running.
-
- It was originally developed for the Ubuntu distribution, but is intended to
- be suitable for deployment in all Linux distributions as a replacement for
- the venerable System-V init."
-
-keep_dirs="/etc/init"
-conf_files="/etc/dbus-1/system.d/Upstart.conf"
-
-Add_dependency full glibc
-Add_dependency full dbus