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Re: [gpsd-users] Compiling gpsd from scratch
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: [gpsd-users] Compiling gpsd from scratch |
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Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:29:50 -0500 |
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Greg Troxel <address@hidden>:
> At the very top of INSTALL, saying:
>
> The content that is normally in INSTALL is in build.txt.
Here is the current head of the file:
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= GPSD Installation Instructions =
Here are the steps for installing GPSD and verifying its performance.
They assume you have GPSD available as an installable binary package,
Instructions for building GPSD from source (including cross-building)
are in the file "build.txt" in the source distribution.
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I can't say that I think moving lines 6-7 up 3 lines will make a
significant difference here.
> Or better yet, rearrange so that INSTALL describes what everyone expects
> it to: how to go from a release tarball to installed code, more or less.
There's a reason it's organized the way it is. It's because "I can't
get my GPS to talk" is the most common n00b question I see.
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Re: [gpsd-users] Compiling gpsd from scratch, David J Taylor, 2014/12/18