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Bug 97729 - gpsd should conflict (block) with gpsdrive
Summary: gpsd should conflict (block) with gpsdrive
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Science Related Packages
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Reported: 2005-07-02 09:01 UTC by Edward Ocampo-Gooding
Modified: 2006-07-09 05:32 UTC (History)
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Description Edward Ocampo-Gooding 2005-07-02 09:01:28 UTC
emerging gpsdrive after gpsd causes future calls to gpsd to use gpsdrive's
implementation of gpsd instead of the vanilla gpsd.

Checking the man pages for gpsd still gives the original, vanilla version's
documentation, but the flags will be different for the version that is
consequently executed.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge gpsd
2. emerge gpsdrive

Actual Results:  
Vanilla gpsd is overridden by gpsdrive's gpsd

Expected Results:  
Vanilla gpsd works as usual.
Comment 1 Olivier Fisette (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-21 15:43:01 UTC
Thanks for taking the time to report this. However, vanilla gpsd is not  
overridden by gpsdrive's implementation. gpsd's implementation is installed in  
"/usr/sbin/", while gpsdrive's is in "/usr/bin/". What executable is called  
when you simply type "gpsd" depends on the order of the directories in your  
"PATH" variable. If you want to have both implementations installed at the  
same time, either use the fully-qualified name of the executable, or set your  
"PATH" to use your favorite implementation preferentially. 
 
If you think I missed something, feel free to reopen.