Re: [gpsd-dev] ✘master/slave gpsd

[Eric S. Raymond]

Gary E. Miller <address@hidden>:
> Yo All!
> 
> I got an odd one.  Has anyone tried connecting a gpsd to anther gpsd?
> 
> On a master:  
>     # gpsd -nG /dev/ttyS0
> 
> On a slave: 
>     # gpsd -n gpsd://master
>     # cgps
> 
> cgps never shows anything.
> 
> Tried with, and without, -n on both ends.  No change.
> 
> The man page implies this should work?  I looked at the data with
> tcpdump.  The slave gpsd connects to the master gpsd.  The gpsd sends
> the VERSION JSON, then nothing happens.  The gpsd slave is asked to
> WATCH data by the slave cgps, the the slave gpsd never sends a WATCH to
> the master gpsd.

It used to work.  I think there's a test in the regression suite that
exercises it.
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