Am 9. Mai 2019 03:15:08 MESZ schrieb "Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer"
<perezme...@gmail.com>:
>On Wed, 8 May 2019 at 18:16, Bernd Zeimetz <be...@bzed.de> wrote:
>> Am 8. Mai 2019 22:49:45 MESZ schrieb "Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez
>Meyer" <perezme...@gmail.com>:
>> >El mié., 8 may. 2019 17:42, Bernd Zeimetz <be...@bzed.de> escribió:
>> >
>> >> systemctl edit gpsd.service
>> >>
>> >> Just use common knowledge.
>> >>
>> >
>> >I don't think that's common knowledge, but I would consider this
>half
>> >ok if
>> >a proper Readme.Debian would be provided.
>>
>> Well, I think people should know their init system.
>>
>> >
>> >But again, the way you "fixed" the behavior is not right.
>>
>> Why? gpsd should never ever be started automatically.
>
>I really don't want to sound aggressive nor anoying here here, but
>just want to make use of a real-case example. Embedded system running
>Debian in the middle of nowhere without internet connection and no
>real time clock. GPS has a backup battery that helps maintain it's
>clock when not powered, so it will have a valid time as soon as it's
>being turned on. System starts and gpsd is used as fast as possible to
>get data into ntp (needs -n). No gpsd clients are present, so nobody
>will call it's socket.
Gpsdctl will do this for you, when triggered by udev.
>> Actually I think the solution you are looking for is to configure
>udev to handle your gps device properly. Unfortunately most gps devices
>use standard usb to serial converters, so we can't handle them all or
>it will break other things.
>
>For those use cases there is gpsd's -n option, like in my example
>above.
You can do this, but this is neither how upstream intends this to work nor how
you should do this. Udev is the proper way, then unplugging and attaching the
GPS will also work.
For those few cases where this doesn't work, I think modifying a Systemd unit
is no problem at all.
>
>> >Would you accept a patch if I prepare a proper fix? There is nothing
>> >wrong
>> >in asking me for that.
>>
>> Feel free to send patches, but I won't say that I accept them
>without seeing them first.
>
>Sure thing, you are the maintainer :-)
>
>I'll be back with it as soon as time allows me.
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