6 files changed, 47 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/urls-from-page.sh b/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/urls-from-page.sh
index bfbcef89844..d9f2d34e011 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/urls-from-page.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/urls-from-page.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ relpath="${path#$server}"
  
 echo "URL: $url" >&2
 
-curl -k "$url" | sed -re 's/^/-/;s/[hH][rR][eE][fF]="([^"]*)"/\n+\1\n-/g' | \
+curl -L -k "$url" | sed -re 's/^/-/;s/[hH][rR][eE][fF]="([^"]*)"/\n+\1\n-/g' | \
   sed -e '/^-/d; s/^[+]//; /^#/d;'"s/^\\//$protocol:\\/\\/$server\\//g"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0c74c9e54c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+a :  
+let 
+  s = import ./src-for-default.nix;
+  buildInputs = with a; [
+    
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchUrlFromSrcInfo s;
+
+  inherit (s) name;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "An event loop library remotely similar to libevent";
+    maintainers = [
+      a.lib.maintainers.raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux ++ freebsd;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/src-for-default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7b37ce1891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/src-for-default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+rec {
+  advertisedUrl="http://dist.schmorp.de/libev/Attic/libev-3.8.tar.gz";
+  version = "3.8";
+  url="http://dist.schmorp.de/libev/Attic/libev-3.8.tar.gz";
+  hash = "1512n6c5q9ykqmk5zbwyb1na9qb9shd900kf4xhl5g07aypm7qr5";
+  name = "libev-3.8";
+  
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/src-info-for-default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/src-info-for-default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e14ca419550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libev/src-info-for-default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  downloadPage = "http://dist.schmorp.de/libev/Attic/?M=D";
+  sourceRegexp = "(^|/)libev-.*[.]tar[.]gz";
+  baseName = "libev";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/lib/platforms.nix b/pkgs/lib/platforms.nix
index acb35105d15..de75887cbca 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/platforms.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/platforms.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ let
   lists = import ./lists.nix;
 in
 rec {
-  linux = ["i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"];
-  darwin = ["i686-darwin"];
+  linux = ["i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "powerpc-linux"];
+  darwin = ["i686-darwin" "powerpc-darwin"];
+  freebsd = ["i686-freebsd" "x86_64-freebsd" "powerpc-freebsd"];
   cygwin = ["i686-cygwin"];
-  all = linux ++ darwin ++ cygwin;
+  all = linux ++ darwin ++ cygwin ++ freebsd;
   allBut = platform: lists.filter (x: platform != x) all;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index db930fdda02..ce81238ee13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3494,6 +3494,9 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
+  libev = builderDefsPackage ../development/libraries/libev {
+  };
+
   libevent = import ../development/libraries/libevent {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };