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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2011-01-11 10:14:33 -0500 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2011-01-11 10:14:33 -0500 |
| commit | e15415c2272b69748e4018c0a826cb5275cc119a (patch) | |
| tree | 1d8ab68c549a407717632a6b318c317a9c13407d /gpsd.xml | |
| parent | 4adbf95a9fcb50e5c9558c324b888bfb735a878b (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-e15415c2272b69748e4018c0a826cb5275cc119a.tar.gz | |
Followup top Paul Fertser's device-hook patch.
Arrange for the deactivate hook to be called when a device is not
recognized. Add a disclaimer to the docs.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpsd.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpsd.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ past and problems may still lurk there.</para> <term><filename>/dev/ttyS0</filename></term> <listitem> <para>Prototype TTY device. After startup, -<application>gpsd</application> sets its group ID to the owner of this +<application>gpsd</application> sets its group ID to the owning group of this device if no GPS device was specified on the command line does not exist.</para> </listitem> @@ -1877,7 +1877,9 @@ exist.</para> <term><filename>/etc/gpsd/device-hook</filename></term> <listitem> <para>Optional file containing the device activation/deactivation script. -</para> +Note that while <filename>/etc/gpsd</filename> is the default system +configuration directory, it is possible to build the GPSD source code +with different assumptions.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <!-- |