Re: Build results on just-released Debian 64bit for Raspberry Pi

[Paul Theodoropoulos]

On 5/30/2020 15:47 PM, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> Yo Paul!
>
> On Sat, 30 May 2020 14:12:15 -0700
> Paul Theodoropoulos via <gpsd-users@nongnu.org> wrote:
>
> > I don't have a spare gps HAT to test with,
> Uputronics has generously offered to send my a prototype of their new HAT.
> Could take weeks to get to me.  When I get it, I'll send you my old HAT
> if you'll test with it.
Appreciate the offer, but no need - one of these days i'll just swap the 
micro-sd into one of my existing backup devices and give it a whirl. just 
haven't done so yet.

> > Build process output:  https://pastebin.com/3fBALGYy
> Not too bad, but...
>
> scons is running under Python version: 2.7.16.final.0
>
> Ouch.  Python 2.7 is past EOL, and in a new release?
Yes. I'm not sure what the rationale is, but Debian still ships with 2.7 - 
but it also ships with 3.7.3.
> Did you read the build procedure first?

I did, but  not in depth - I mainly just wanted to report if there were 
any significant errors from a 'vanilla' build attempt. I went by 
build.adoc, which says  (after the scons && scons check && scons 
udev-install) 'if you get any errors, you need to read the detailed 
instructions that follow'. Seeing none, I didn't dig much deeper.
> Checking for C header file sys/timepps.h... no
>
> Uh, oh.  Broken PPS.  Missing delendency, easy to fix, you missed pps-tools.
> So not good for time service.

Not listed as  a dependency in build.adoc, listed as optional build component.

> Checking pkg-config for libusb-1.0... no
>
> Broken support for early Garmins.
>
> Checking that xsltproc can make man pages... no
>
> No man pages.
>
> Checking pkg-config for gtk+-3.0... no
>
> xgps and xgpsspeed will not be built.
As per above.

Again, this was just a quick run-through to look for gross errors. I will 
likely dig deeper and try running one of my backup units with the new build.

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Paul Theodoropoulos
www.anastrophe.com