Re: gpsprof -r fails with no gpsd running

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Greg!

On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:45:06 -0500
Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:

> (I'm trying to fix the gpsprof problem with TPV records with no fix.)

Cool.  Another nice to have feature would be an option for how many minutes
to capture.

> Running gpsprof with a saved file results in a stack backtrace in the
> case where the is no runnning gpsd.

Yes, I do that.

> The problem seems to be that it creates gps.gps(None) but that tries
> to connect anyway.

This part of gpsprof gets broken every few years...

> $ python3.7 gpsprof -r  <  saved-logfile-gpspipe-w-style.txt

Why do you specify python3.7?

> gpsprof: replotting...Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "gpsprof", line 1179, in <module>
>     plot.replot(sys.stdin)
>   File "gpsprof", line 321, in replot
>     self.session = gps.gps(host=None)
>   File "/home/n0/gdt/SOFTWARE/GPSD/gpsd/gps/gps.py", line 231, in
> __init__ gpscommon.__init__(self, host, port, verbose, reconnect)
>   File "/home/n0/gdt/SOFTWARE/GPSD/gpsd/gps/client.py", line 43, in
> __init__ self.connect(self.host, self.port)
>   File "/home/n0/gdt/SOFTWARE/GPSD/gpsd/gps/client.py", line 69, in
> connect self.sock.connect(sa)
> ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 61] Connection refused

Oh, that is new-ish.  Maybe related to the reconnect patches?

Maybe try a bi-sect?

> I am unclear on whether gps.gps(host=None) (see line 320, or close,
> within replot()) is
> 
>   wrongly called because it assumes a running gpsd, or
> 
>   wrongly behaving, in that None should produce a valid object that
> does not try to connect and always behaves as if disconnected, or
> 
>   something else

My guess is the meaning of None got changed somewhat recently.

RGDS
GARY
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