Re: [gpsd-dev] libgps?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:29:44 -0700
Hal Murray <address@hidden> wrote:

> >> chrpath -l ./gpsd /usr/local/sbin/gpsd
> >> ldd ./gpsd /usr/local/sbin/gpsd
> 
> > That tells me what to delete that is installed.  My questions is the
> > leftover junk in the git directory.
> 
> I thought the problem was that an installed copy of gpsd couldn't
> find a library.  ldd and/or chrpath will tell you where it was
> looking.  That might help to determine if the problem was in the
> build step or the install step.

My problem is exactly the opposite.  gpsd trying to find a library not
installed.  And since this AM libgpsd is never installed, yet still being
looked for.

> My recipe for finding stuff that doesn't get cleaned up is to have a
> local clone that is pure, and then a working directory that is cloned
> from it. With that setup:
>   diff -q -r raw work | grep -v git
> will tell you all the extra files.

Which should be a one time thing a developer does.  Not something
the average user should need to do.

> git status lists extra files.
> but it "excludes" stuff that might be interesting in this case.

Yup.  Thanks to .gitignore.

I just pushed an SConstruct change that removes old lib and egg
files from the git directory.  That went a long way to solving my
present problem.  Still leaves junk in the system libraries.

RGDS
GARY
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