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diff --git a/sysutils/dbus-glib/DESCR b/sysutils/dbus-glib/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2ec794280f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/dbus-glib/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +D-BUS is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. +Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms +of complexity. + +D-BUS supports broadcast messages, asynchronous messages (thus decreasing +latency), authentication, and more. It is designed to be low-overhead; +messages are sent using a binary protocol, not using XML. D-BUS also +supports a method call mapping for its messages, but it is not required; +this makes using the system quite simple. + +This package provides the D-BUS interface to GLib and the dbus-monitor +utility (included here because it also uses GLib). |