Re: [gpsd-users] gpsd/udev behavior

[Paul Fox]

eric s. raymond wrote:
 > Paul Fox <address@hidden>:
 > > in the case of invocation via udev, there is no prototypical TTY
 > > device, so the code falls back on /dev/ttyS0 for the group id.  that
 > > was certainly a reasonable fallback for a legacy PC especially in the
 > > pre-udev world, but gpsd might need more flexibility now. 
 > 
 > I'm certainly open to suggestions on this.  I'll start by adding 
 > an alert in the packaging instructions.
 > 
 > > the answer might be a command-line argument (i.e., "-g gid") as a hook
 > > that could be set via /etc/{default,sysconfig}/gpsd.  i'd be happy
 > > to contribute that patch if you thought it was a good idea.  (i
 > > understand the dangers of option creep.)
 > 
 > How would this be better than the gpsd_group config option?

only that it wouldn't require a rebuild to change it, for users with
oddball hardware or other constraints.  the arguments are probably
similar to those that support having the -S and -F options.

paul
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