[Bug 1581272] Re: gpsd always runs in 'non-daemonised' or not at all

[wadda]

On Fri, 13 May 2016 10:15:01 -0000
Bernd Zeimetz <bernd at bzed.de> wrote:

> systemd happily handles a running gpsd in fireground mode.

Sure, the -N flag is to run gpsd in the foregound.

But if you want gpsd to run as a daemon, it cannot with the current
configuration.

If you remove the -N flag it will not function at all.

Moreover, modifications to the "EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/gpsd are
never read.

Try it.  Modify the options, change the device....nothing.

Make the change to the unit file, *that is consistent* with dealing with
unix style daemons, such as gpsd, and all these problems go away.



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Moe <moe at wadda.org>

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Title:
  gpsd always runs in 'non-daemonised' or not at all

Status in gpsd package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The systemd unit file

  /lib/systemd/system/gpsd.service

  starts gpsd with the '-N' flag for a non-daemonised instance.

  Removing the flag prevents systemd from calling the gpsd at all.

  The service needs the removal of the '-N' flag so the gpsd can fully
  function, and insertion of 'Type=forking' to enable it to read its own
  configuration file '/etc/default/gpsd'

  Attached is a patch, if I've done it correctly.

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