Re: Segfault after upgrade.

[Paul Theodoropoulos]

On 5/25/2020 14:22 PM, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> > re using -n mode, it's as simple as having this at the bottom of your
> > /etc/default/gpsd file, assuming one is using the example
> > gpsd.service file that's included in the repo.
> You mean the undocumented /etc/default/gpsd file?
Yes and no....the gpsd.service file references it as one of two potential 
environment files for it to read, so in that respect, it is 'documented' - 
and /etc/default is quite standard at least in Debian based systems. But I 
presume you mean it's not documented in the INSTALL.adoc.

> And the service file in the repo keeps gpsd running all the time? 

Theoretically! Naturally, I didn't like/agree with the choices in the 
included example gpsd.service, so I made assorted changes for mine, but 
once installed in /etc/systemd/system and enabled, systemd will start it 
and run it on reboot. There are, naturally, a 10,000 different ways to 
skin the cat *built into systemd* (which is one of the reasons people tend 
to hate it).  So yes, you can configure systemd to monitor and restart 
gpsd if it exits, but I prefer other means.

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Paul Theodoropoulos
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