Re: Alternative for gpsmon

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Sanjeev!

On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:53:46 +0800
Sanjeev Gupta <ghane0@gmail.com> wrote:

> (Gary, please do not shoot first!)
> 
> Yes, I know gpsmon is unmaintained.  Yes, I know cgps is the way to
> go. But gpsmon provides something that no other tool does, direct
> access.

zerk and ubxtool provide direct access.  Yes, you are out of luck for
devices other than u-blox or Javad.  But why does anyone want direct
access?

If you know someone that wants to maintain it, have at it!

> When bringing up a new system, where you are not even sure if
> /dev/ttyS02 or /dev/ttyACM0 is the one, it helps.

Well, ttyACM0 is USB, and the other is serial.  You don't know if your
device is USB or serial?  How about lsusb?

> I understand that it must duplicate functionality of both gpsd and
> cgps. So it is a burden to maintain.

I wish it duplicated the functionality, but not even close.  Mostly it
just confuses people.

> I have a new system, and gpsmon fails with an assertion. I am scared
> to open an issue :-)

I see you got over your fear.  What distro?  Why would it fail an
assertion?  That would mean a compile or build error.

> Perhaps we should drop it?  I can write the obituary notice.

As you mention, some people still use it, and it does some things
no other tool does.  At a minimum it should not assert.

I'll follow up o nthe issue page.

RGDS
GARY
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