pies.nix

{ fetchurl, stdenv }:

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "pies-1.2";

  src = fetchurl {
    url = "mirror://gnu/pies/${name}.tar.bz2";
    sha256 = "18w0dbg77i56cx1bwa789w0qi3l4xkkbascxcv2b6gbm0zmjg1g6";
  };

  meta = {
    description = "A program invocation and execution supervisor";
    longDescription = ''
      GNU pies is a program that supervises the invocation and execution of
      other programs.  It reads the list of programs to be started from its
      configuration file, executes them, and then monitors their status,
      re-executing them as necessary.
    '';
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
  };
}

pies.scm

(define-public pies
  (package
    (name "pies")
    (version "1.2")
    (source
     (origin
      (method url-fetch)
      (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/pies/pies-"
                          version ".tar.bz2"))
      (sha256
       (base32
        "18w0dbg77i56cx1bwa789w0qi3l4xkkbascxcv2b6gbm0zmjg1g6"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/pies/")
    (synopsis "Program invocation and execution supervisor")
    (description
     "GNU pies is a program that supervises the invocation and execution of
other programs.  It reads the list of programs to be started from its
configuration file, executes them, and then monitors their status,
re-executing them as necessary.")
    (license license:gpl3+)))