nmeaattach(8) removed in -current, superseeded by ldattach(8)

2008-06-09 Thread Marc Balmer
If you are using a GPS device with nmeaattach(8), please switch to ldattach(8) now. The nmeaattach command has been removed in -current, so has the nmeaattach_flags option in /etc/rc.conf (replaced with ldattach_flags). Please note that ldattach(8) has a slightly different synopsis than

Re: nmeaattach(8) removed in -current, superseeded by ldattach(8)

2008-06-09 Thread James Hartley
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are using a GPS device with nmeaattach(8), please switch to ldattach(8) now. Thanks Marc for passing on this information. Can you describe in short why this change was made?

Re: nmeaattach(8) removed in -current, superseeded by ldattach(8)

2008-06-09 Thread Marc Balmer
* James Hartley wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are using a GPS device with nmeaattach(8), please switch to ldattach(8) now. Thanks Marc for passing on this information. Can you describe in short why this change was made? we do not want

Re: nmeaattach(8) removed in -current, superseeded by ldattach(8)

2008-06-09 Thread Damien Miller
On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, James Hartley wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are using a GPS device with nmeaattach(8), please switch to ldattach(8) now. Thanks Marc for passing on this information. Can you describe in short why this change was

Re: nmeaattach(8) removed in -current, superseeded by ldattach(8)

2008-06-09 Thread Theo de Raadt
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are using a GPS device with nmeaattach(8), please switch to ldattach(8) now. Thanks Marc for passing on this information. Can you describe in short why this change was made? No need to have two ways to do one

Re: nmeaattach(8) removed in -current, superseeded by ldattach(8)

2008-06-09 Thread James Hartley
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:53 PM, James Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are using a GPS device with nmeaattach(8), please switch to ldattach(8) now. Thanks Marc for passing on this information. Can you describe in

Re: nmeaattach(8) removed in -current, superseeded by ldattach(8)

2008-06-09 Thread Mike Erdely
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 04:52:24PM -0700, James Hartley wrote: For those interested, Marc has more information posted on undeadly.com. Ahem. http://undeadly.org/ Thanks again, Marc! Indeed. :) -ME

Re: nmeaattach(8) removed in -current, superseeded by ldattach(8)

2008-06-09 Thread bofh
So, this is not perl? :-) Actually, I heard another OS can have 5 or more APIs to do the same thing (say, listing a directory) because one team wants it this way, and another doesn't. On 6/9/08, Theo de Raadt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Marc Balmer [EMAIL