It might be useful to know that the osgeo live dvd (based on debian/xubuntu) is also using a more recent gpsdrive version. I have no time to review the installation script, but perhaps it contains things which might be useful for the debian package: http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/install_gpsdrive.sh
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Andrew Higginson <rugby...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: gpsdrive > Version: 2.10~pre4-6.dfsg-3ubuntu4 > Severity: important > > The version of gspdrive in the Debian repos is very old and needs to be > updated. the current version of the package doesn't even work as a GPS > program due to an incompatibility - the main purpose of the program. > > The new version of gpsdrive has lots of bug fixes and changes the application > quite a bit (the build system has even changed). > > I would ask that someone package the new gpsdrive so that it becomes a usable > application for what it was created for. I started some of the work looking > at the patches that had been incorporated etc. and updated the patches that > are still needed, the can be see in this ZIP > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52825663/patches.zip > > (NOTE: The new version of gpsdrive using cmake) > > References: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=589789 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=gpsdrive > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=585866 > > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers lucid-updates > APT policy: (500, 'lucid-updates'), (500, 'lucid-security'), (500, 'lucid') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages gpsdrive depends on: > ii gpsdrive-dat 2.10~pre4-6.dfsg-3ubuntu4 Car navigation system > ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.20-2build1 Library of functions for 2D > graphi > ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-0ubuntu2.1 The ATK accessibility toolkit > ii libboost-fil 1.40.0-4ubuntu4 filesystem operations (portable > pa > ii libboost-sys 1.40.0-4ubuntu4 Operating system (e.g. > diagnostics > ii libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared > lib > ii libcairo2 1.8.10-2ubuntu1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics > libra > ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2ubuntu4 simple interprocess messaging > syst > ii libdbus-glib 0.84-1 simple interprocess messaging > syst > ii libfontconfi 2.8.0-2ubuntu1 generic font configuration > library > ii libfreetype6 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared > lib > ii libgcc1 1:4.4.3-4ubuntu5 GCC support library > ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 The GLib library of C routines > ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-0ubuntu2+menuproxy11 The GTK+ graphical user interface > ii libmapnik0.7 0.7.0-2ubuntu1 C++/Python toolkit for developing > ii libpango1.0- 1.28.0-0ubuntu2 Layout and rendering of > internatio > ii libpcre3 7.8-3build1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular > Expressi > ii libstdc++6 4.4.3-4ubuntu5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 > ii libxml2 2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1 GNOME XML library > ii openstreetma 1:0.0.svn18468-1 Collection of map icons (classic > s > ii openstreetma 1:0.0.svn18468-1 Collection of map icons (square > se > > Versions of packages gpsdrive recommends: > pn gpsd <none> (no description available) > pn gpsdrive-scripts <none> (no description available) > > Versions of packages gpsdrive suggests: > pn flite | festival <none> (no description available) > pn mysql-server <none> (no description available) > pn osm2pgsql <none> (no description available) > pn postgresql-8.3-postgis <none> (no description available) > > -- no debconf information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-grass-devel mailing list > pkg-grass-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org