[gpsd-dev] New 0.5 draft of the SemPiTernal HOWTO

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Mon May 9 23:33:15 UTC 2016


Yo Frank!

On Mon, 9 May 2016 19:22:23 -0400
Frank Nicholas <frank at nicholasfamilycentral.com> wrote:

> > On May 9, 2016, at 7:18 PM, Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Almost good enough.  A lot of people might install gpsd, then
> > forget they did, or their lab partner might have installed it.  Or
> > a new update of their distro may skip it in as a hidden
> > dependency.  
> 
> Understood.  Then a troubleshooting section might include `which
> ntpd` or `which gpsd` as examples.

Yes, good, but it does not tell you if a service file restarted the
wrong one, because you were expecting your init script to have run
instead.

> > When doing math, I understand that minimal proof is sufficient, but
> > when dealing with actual humans it is good to circle back on tests
> > from different angles to catch the sloppy.  
> 
> Agreed - In some form or the other, I’ve been involved with
> supporting end users (probably less knowledgable than those trying
> the how to) for the last 25+ years.

Thus you undertand: anything that can go wrong, will.

RGDS
GARY
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