Source: python-passfd Maintainer: Martín Ferrari Section: python Priority: optional Build-Depends: python-all-dev, debhelper (>= 9), dh-python Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Homepage: https://github.com/TheTincho/python-passfd/ Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/users/tincho/python-passfd.git Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/users/tincho/python-passfd.git Package: python-passfd Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions} Provides: ${python:Provides} Description: Python functions to pass file descriptors across UNIX domain This simple extension provides two functions to pass and receive file descriptors across UNIX domain sockets, using the BSD-4.3+ sendmsg() and recvmsg() interfaces. . Direct bindings to sendmsg and recvmsg are not provided, as the API does not map nicely into Python. . Please note that this only supports BSD-4.3+ style file descriptor passing, and was only tested on Linux.