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updated suricata (5.0.2 -> 6.0.6)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Sat Jul 23 17:54:01 2022 +0100 (23 months ago) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/libevent/description.txt Sat Jul 23 17:54:01 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ 1.4 +The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function 1.5 +when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout 1.6 +has been reached. 1.7 +Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due to signals or 1.8 +regular timeouts. 1.9 + 1.10 +Libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven 1.11 +network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() 1.12 +and then add or remove events dynamically without having to change 1.13 +the event loop.