Re: [PATCH 07/24] gnu: compression: Add snappy.

[Alex Kost]

David Craven (2016-08-16 21:39 +0300) wrote:

> * gnu/packages/compression.scm (snappy): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/compression.scm | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
> index e63c1af..cd1866b 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Ben Woodcroft <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
> +;;; Copyright © 2016 David Craven <address@hidden>
>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -871,3 +872,38 @@ even LZMA can provide, or a higher speed than gzip while 
> compressing as
>  well as bzip2.")
>      (license (list license:gpl3+
>                     license:public-domain)))) ; most files in lzma/
> +
> +(define-public snappy
> +  (package
> +    (name "snappy")
> +    (version "1.1.3")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (string-append
> +                "https://github.com/google/snappy/archive/";
> +                version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "04lc9n1fr4kak8yd68v61w561zcbykfyj9f745smva8hcn0hyk7r"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (native-inputs
> +     `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
> +       ("automake" ,automake)
> +       ("libtool" ,libtool)
> +       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:phases
> +       (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +         (add-after 'unpack 'autoconf
> +           (lambda _
> +             (zero? (system* "autoreconf" "-vfi")))))))
> +    (home-page "https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp";)

I think you meant "https://github.com/google/snappy";

Also there is a real release that shouldn't require autoreconf phase:
<https://github.com/google/snappy/releases/download/1.1.3/snappy-1.1.3.tar.gz>
Did you try using it?

> +    (synopsis "Fast compressor/decompressor")
> +    (description "Snappy is a compression/decompression library. It does not
> +aim for maximum compression, or compatibility with any other compression 
> library;
> +instead, it aims for very high speeds and reasonable compression. For 
> instance,
> +compared to the fastest mode of zlib, Snappy is an order of magnitude faster
> +for most inputs, but the resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to
> +100% bigger.")
> +    (license license:asl2.0)))

-- 
Alex