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linuxfd: Python interface for the Linux system calls eventfd/signalfd/timerfd
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Author: Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Frank Abelbeck <[email protected]>

Version: 1.4.4

Licence: LGPL

Platform: Linux (kernel version >= 2.6.27); requires activated kernel options
CONFIG_TIMERFD, CONFIG_SIGNALFD, CONFIG_EVENTFD and CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER as well
as a recent version of the GNU C Library.

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Installation: An ebuild for Gentoo Linux is provided with this package. On any
other Linux system this package might be installed using the usual distutils way:

    python setup.py install

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Usage: After installation a well documented new python module named "linuxfd"
is available.

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Changelog

2016-07-06: merged changes proposed by palaviv (make linuxfd thread-safe)
2016-07-23: fixed float <-> timespec conversion issues; v1.2 suffered from a
            type but pypi would not let me replace the source tar ball
2016-09-25: added inotify support; v1.4.1: removed small but important typo
2016-09-26: fixed variable init problem, added support for GIT portage version
2016-09-27: revised code base; new inotify event string translation method,
            buffer allocation via posix_memalign, fix of inotify_event->name
            handling, compiler now uses -Wall
2017-03-02: merged changes proposed by robagar
            (close file descriptors only once)