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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2006-12-08 13:11:47 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2006-12-08 13:11:47 +0000
commit6108784f3f3ac61004fee60e0d9abed2527fcece (patch)
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downloadgpsd-6108784f3f3ac61004fee60e0d9abed2527fcece.tar.gz
Add a needed warning in the gpscat documentation.
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@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ to avoid displaying incomplete NMEA sentences right up next to shell
prompts that often contain a $, raw mode always emits an extra final
linefeed.</para>
+<para>Also, be aware that packetizing mode will produce useless
+results &mdash; probably consuming the entirety of input and appearing
+to hang &mdash; if it is fed data that is not a sequence of packets
+of one of the known types.</para>
+
<para>The program accepts the following options:</para>
<variablelist remap='TP'>