Re: [gpsd-users] Getting ready to ship 3.8

[Eric S. Raymond]

Thomas Petazzoni <address@hidden>:
>  * First issue is that we still support Python 2.5 based hosts, while
>    the current SCons based gpsd build system makes some assumption
>    about Python 2.6 being available. This requires three patches:
> 
>    
> http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/package/gpsd/gpsd-01-sconstruct-python-2.5-compat.patch
>    
> http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/package/gpsd/gpsd-04-sconstruct-python-2.5-compat-distro-check.patch
>    
> http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/package/gpsd/gpsd-05-fix-leapsecond-script-python2.5.patch

I have merged these.

>  * Second issue is that gpsd hardcodes a runtime library path (RPATH)
>    in its libraries, which when cross-compiling means that paths of the
>    build machine are leaked into the target machine. So we have a
>    simple patch that disables the RPATH usage:
> 
>    
> http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/package/gpsd/gpsd-02-sconstruct-disable-rpath.patch

This, absolutely not.  Investigate setting chrpath=no.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>