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-syslog(3) for Haskell_
-======================
-
-:Latest Release:  hsyslog-1.3.tar.gz_
-:GIT Repository:  git_ clone http://git.cryp.to/hsyslog
-
-Synopsis
---------
-
-  This modules provides FFI bindings to ``syslog(3)``. The
-  bindings are somewhat incomplete, i.e. there is no way to set
-  log-masks. Patches are welcome. Process the file with
-  ``hsc2hs`` to obtain a usable Haskell module.
-
-Documentation
--------------
-
-  `Reference Documentation`_
-     Haddock-generated reference of all exported functions.
-
-Copyleft
---------
-
-  Copyright (c) 2008 Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>. All rights
-  reserved. This software is released under `BSD-style license
-  <LICENSE>`_.
-
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-
-`[Homepage] <http://cryp.to/>`_
-
-.. _Haskell: http://haskell.org/
-
-.. _git: http://git.or.cz/
-
-.. _hsyslog-1.3.tar.gz: http://cryp.to/hsyslog/hsyslog-1.3.tar.gz
-
-.. _Reference Documentation: docs/index.html
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-Name:           hsyslog
-Version:        1.3
-Author:         Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>
-License:        BSD3
-License-file:   LICENSE
-Maintainer:     Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>
-Homepage:       http://cryp.to/hsyslog/
-Description:    FFI interface to syslog(3) from POSIX.1-2001.
-Synopsis:       FFI interface to syslog(3) from POSIX.1-2001.
-Category:       Foreign
-Build-Depends:  base
-Build-Type:     Simple
-Extensions:     ForeignFunctionInterface
-Data-Files:     README
+Name:                   hsyslog
+Version:                1.4
+Copyright:              (c) 2004-2010 Peter Simons
+License:                BSD3
+License-File:           LICENSE
+Author:                 Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>
+Maintainer:             Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>
+Homepage:               http://gitorious.org/hsyslog
+Category:               Foreign
+Synopsis:               FFI interface to syslog(3) from POSIX.1-2001.
+Description:            This library provides FFI bindings to syslog(3) from POSIX.1-2001.
+			See <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/syslog.h.html> for
+			further details.
+Cabal-Version:          >= 1.6
+Build-Type:             Simple
+Tested-With:            GHC == 6.12
 
-Exposed-Modules:
-  System.Posix.Syslog
+Source-Repository this
+  Tag:                  v1.4
+  Type:                 git
+  Location:             git://gitorious.org/hsyslog/mainline.git
+
+Source-Repository head
+  Type:                 git
+  Location:             git://gitorious.org/hsyslog/mainline.git
+
+Library
+  Build-Depends:        base >= 3 && < 5
+  Extensions:           ForeignFunctionInterface
+  Exposed-Modules:      System.Posix.Syslog
+  Ghc-Options:          -Wall