bug#27075: [PATCH] gnu: Add multitail

[Stefan Reichör]

Hi there,

I am not sure what category fits best for multitail. I have added it to
less as a first attempt.


>From 14ddddd847c1460eca4e1640ada843a6ffff6f55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Reichoer <address@hidden>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 22:30:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add multitail.

* gnu/packages/less.scm (multitail): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/less.scm | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/less.scm b/gnu/packages/less.scm
index 0aa4665..ed16c99 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/less.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/less.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <address@hidden>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Stefan Reichör <address@hidden>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -46,3 +47,41 @@ backwards and forwards movement through the document.  It 
also does not have
 to read the entire input file before starting, so it starts faster than most
 text editors.")
     (license gpl3+))) ; some files are under GPLv2+
+
+(define-public multitail
+  (package
+    (name "multitail")
+    (version "6.4.2")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "https://vanheusden.com/multitail/multitail-";
+                          version ".tgz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "1zd1r89xkxngl1pdrvsc877838nwkfqkbcgfqm3vglwalxc587dg"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:make-flags
+       (list "CC=gcc"
+             "PREFIX="
+             (string-append "DESTDIR="
+                            (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'patch-curses-lib
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+               (substitute* "mt.h"
+                 (("ncursesw\\/panel.h") "panel.h")
+                 (("ncursesw\\/ncurses.h") "ncurses.h")))
+             #t))
+         (delete 'configure)
+         (delete 'check)))) ; no test suite (make check just runs cppcheck)
+    (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
+    (home-page "https://vanheusden.com/multitail/";)
+    (synopsis "Monitor multiple logfiles")
+    (description
+     "MultiTail allows you to monitor logfiles and command output in multiple
+windows in a terminal, colorize, filter and merge.")
+    (license gpl2)))
-- 
2.7.4