Re: ✘gpsd configure and runtime options changes

[Martin Boissonneault]

Thanks for your updates!

I will use both -s and -p :-)

Martin Boissonneault
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> On May 24, 2020, at 23:42, Gary E. Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Yo All!
> 
> gpsd now supports long options.  For example: --speed is the same as -s.
> 
> I removed the reconfigure config option (RECONFIGURE_ENABLE) and replaced
> it with the -p and --passive options.
> 
> This improves several problems.
> 
> 1. #ifdef is not compatible with any languages invented after C.
> 
> 2. some poor guy recently reported being stuck with a binary that
> had reconfigure disabled by his packager.
> 
> 3. client and server had to be built with the same r3econfigure setting.
> 
> 4. some users want the -p option.
> 
> The -p option is less brutal than -b.  Some folks do not want gpsd
> to reconfigure the GNSS receiver that they just configured by hand,
> but want to allow gpsctl, zerk, ubxtool, etc. to manually configure
> their receivers.
> 
> The controlsend config option (CONTROLSEND_ENABLE) overlapped
> RECONFIGURE_ENABLE and is also removed.
> 
> RGDS
> GARY
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