Upgrading gpsd

David Strubbe dstrubbe at macports.org
Sun Jan 28 23:01:40 UTC 2018


To install a variant, you would write "port install gpsd +xgps". I believe
the note is saying that after this installation you will now have the xgps
and xgspspeed programs: from this port gpsd, not from some other port.

David

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:

> On my weekly update cycle, "gpsd" was selected; and at the end I got:
>
>     --->  Some of the ports you installed have notes:
>       gpsd has the following notes:
>         The xgps variant is now needed to get the xgps and xgpsspeed
> programs.
>
> What precisely does this mean?  The manpage is not exactly clear.
>
> I tried "port install gpsd +variant:xgps" (after removing) and nothing
> seemed to actually happen, and "port install xgps" printed:
>
>     Error: Port xgps not found
>
> So, what exactly should I be doing if I want those variants (whatever they
> are; I assume a GUI version)?
>
> --
> Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will
> suffer."
>
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