Re: [gpsd-dev] gpsd rolls back to 1999

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Eric!

On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 22:08:41 -0400
"Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Gary E. Miller <address@hidden>:
> > > I've done the refactor. Now we need to understand what's busted.  
> > 
> > It fixes a different problem.  Just look at the many recently
> > submitted samples.  Basically $GPRMC and $GPZDA report '99' and
> > '1999" respectively.  With the month, day also off.  
> 
> unfold_century() ia suoposed to solve that problem.

Supposed to.  Does not.

> > > The direction of my thinking was rgat mike.tubby could use it to
> > > replace the kudge in the Trimble driver.  
> > 
> > The trimble code is working off GPS Weeks.  Different problem.  
> 
> The code tthat is now in ntp_wrapdate.c is supposed to rectify that,
> too.

We are talking about gpsd, not ntpd.

> Looks like at least I'vee isolared where the problrm is...

Maybe.




RGDS
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