John, I see where you are going with this and understand your reasoning.
Thank you. 73 Dave KB3EFS On 11/23/2013 03:25 PM, John Gorkos wrote: > The problem is, it doesn¡¯t work. The underlying dependencies aren¡¯t > fulfilled properly. The problem is something like this: gpsmanshp > requires Tcl8.4 (because that¡¯s how it¡¯s compiled), but raspbian ships > with Tcl8.5. The ¡°correct¡± answer is to recompile/repackage gpsman with > Tcl8.5, but there¡¯s a huge number of dependencies that go into compiling > Tcl, and it rapidly gets overwhelming. At the end of the day, I¡¯d be > running my own Debian pool for a one-off architecture, which really isn¡¯t > where I want to go. Additionally, it takes over an hour to compile a new > version of Xastir on the PI (I¡¯m not cross compiling, I¡¯m doing it > natively on a Pi). I want to get this to a point where it¡¯s automatic, > and pull the daily snapshot, compile it, and upload it to the web server > with no human intervention. > > Xastir as it¡¯s compiled now is perfectly capable of using a GPS. Here¡¯s > the description of GPSMan: > Description: GPS data graphical manager > GPS Manager (GPSMan) is a graphical manager of GPS data that makes > possible the preparation, inspection and edition of GPS data in a friendly > environment. GPSMan supports communication and real-time logging > with both Garmin and Lowrance receivers and accepts real-time logging > information in NMEA 0183 from any GPS receiver. > Do you use the GPSMan capability of Xastir? Can someone tell me what it > does? If it¡¯s mission critical, I¡¯ll see what I can do. I¡¯m already > doing that for geotiff (I¡¯m going to compile my own library against > graphicsmagick and put it up on the web site, as well.) > > > John Gorkos > > On 11/23/13, 2:13 PM, "David A Aitcheson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> John, >> >> Before you kill the GPSman version could you keep it in a separate >> directory in your new directory tree? >> >> I ask this due to learning of the work being done by the folks at TNC-X >> (see http://www.tnc-x.com/TNCPi.htm ). >> >> Some of us may want the GPS version of your build and some may not. >> >> Just a thought... >> >> 73 >> Dave >> KB3EFS >> >> >> >> On 11/23/2013 11:48 AM, John Gorkos wrote: >>> Well, dang. The GOOD news is that Xastir still works and runs. The bad >>> news is that you probably can©öt import GPS tracks from Garmin GPS >>> devices >>> (which is what GPSman does). Personally, I©öm cool with that, since I >>> don©öt have any Garmin GPS units that I talk to that way. >> <SNIP> >> >> -- >> David A Aitcheson [email protected] Go Green! Print this email >> only when necessary. > > > -- David A Aitcheson [email protected] Go Green! Print this email only when necessary. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
