aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/polkit.scm')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/polkit.scm40
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
index 6f143a6c7f..64576f6473 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@
#:use-module (guix packages)
#:use-module (guix download)
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages glib)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
#:use-module (gnu packages perl)
- #:use-module (gnu packages python))
+ #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages xml))
(define-public mozjs
(package
@@ -95,3 +100,36 @@ in C/C++.")
platform-neutral API for system level and libc-like functions. It is used
in the Mozilla clients.")
(license mpl2.0)))
+
+(define-public polkit
+ (package
+ (name "polkit")
+ (version "0.112")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append
+ "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/"
+ name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1xkary7yirdcjdva950nqyhmsz48qhrdsr78zciahj27p8yg95fn"))
+ (patches (list (search-patch "polkit-drop-test.patch")))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (inputs
+ `(("expat" ,expat)
+ ("glib" ,glib)
+ ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-mkenums
+ ("intltool" ,intltool)
+ ("linux-pam" ,linux-pam)
+ ("mozjs" ,mozjs)
+ ("nspr" ,nspr)))
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("pkg-config", pkg-config)))
+ (home-page "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/")
+ (synopsis "Authorization API for privilege management")
+ (description "Polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and
+handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to
+privileged processes. It is a framework for centralizing the decision
+making process with respect to granting access to privileged operations
+for unprivileged applications.")
+ (license lgpl2.0+)))