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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Brant Gardner <brantcgardner@brantware.com>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages distributed)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages base)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages databases)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages curl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages wxwidgets)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages sqlite)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz))
+
+(define-public boinc-client
+  (package
+    (name "boinc-client")
+    (version "7.16.1")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/boinc/boinc.git")
+                    (commit (string-append "client_release/"
+                                           "7.16/"
+                                           version))))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0w2qimcwyjhapk3z7zyq7jkls23hsnmm35iw7m4s4if04fp70dx0"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--disable-server")))
+    (inputs `(("openssl" ,openssl)
+              ("curl" ,curl)
+              ("wxwidgets" ,wxwidgets)
+              ("gtk+" ,gtk+)
+              ("gdk-pixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf)
+              ("libnotify" ,libnotify)
+              ("sqlite" ,sqlite)
+              ("python" ,python)
+              ("python-pyserial" ,python-pyserial)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
+       ("automake" ,automake)
+       ("libtool" ,libtool)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    (synopsis "BOINC lets you help cutting-edge science research using your computer")
+    (description "BOINC is a platform for high-throughput computing on a large
+scale (thousands or millions of computers).  It can be used for volunteer
+computing (using consumer devices) or grid computing (using organizational
+resources).  It supports virtualized, parallel, and GPU-based applications.
+
+BOINC is distributed under the LGPL open source license.  It can be used for
+commercial purposes, and applications need not be open source.")
+    (home-page "https://boinc.berkeley.edu/")
+    (license license:gpl3+)))
+
+(define-public boinc-server
+  (package (inherit boinc-client)
+    (name "boinc-server")
+    (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--disable-client" "--disable-manager")
+                 #:parallel-build? #f
+                 #:tests? #f)) ; FIXME: Looks like bad test syntax in the
+                               ; source package, 2 tests fail.  Disable for
+                               ; now.
+    (inputs `(("openssl" ,openssl)
+              ("curl" ,curl)
+              ("mariadb" ,mariadb)
+              ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+    (propagated-inputs `(("python" ,python-wrapper)
+                         ("perl" ,perl)))))