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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2006-12-16 06:19:04 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2006-12-16 06:19:04 +0000
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Graceful degradation of the build if pthreads is not present.
This time for sure.
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Here are the steps for installing gpsd and verifying its performance:
-0. Prerequisites you will need to build the entire suite include C,
-C++ and pthreads. Python is optional; it's used for the test tools, but
-not for the daemon itself. Support for DBUS is optional. The ncurses
-library is also optional; if you have it, the build will generate two
-additional test clients.
+0. Prerequisites you will need to build the entire suite include C and
+C++. The pthreads library is optional, needed if you want support
+for PPS timekeeping on serial GPSes. Python is optional; it's used for
+the test tools, but not for the daemon itself. Support for DBUS is
+optional. The ncurses library is also optional; if you have it, the
+build will generate two additional test clients.
1. Start by making sure you can get data from your GPS, otherwise the later
steps will be very frustrating. In this command