941727 – net-misc/linuxptp-4.4: version bump

Bug 941727 - net-misc/linuxptp-4.4: version bump

Summary: net-misc/linuxptp-4.4: version bump

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement
Assignee:	Thomas Beierlein

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Keywords:	EBUILD

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Reported:	2024-10-18 02:26 UTC by 10walls
Modified:	2024-10-18 16:49 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Nasty ebuild hack (linuxptp-4.4.ebuild,1.63 KB, application/vnd.gentoo.ebuild) 2024-10-18 02:29 UTC, 10walls	Details
makefile hack (linuxptp-4.4-incdefs.patch,625 bytes, patch) 2024-10-18 02:30 UTC, 10walls	Details \| Diff
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Description 10walls 2024-10-18 02:26:27 UTC

Bump to 4.4, fixes ts2phc NMEA time source from occasional frequency errors.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ts2phc listening to gpspipe/socat as source and an ethernet phc as sink.
2. Observe that phc occasionally drifts +1 or -1 second after a day or so until ts2phc is restarted.

Comment 1 10walls 2024-10-18 02:29:14 UTC

Created attachment 906215 [details]
Nasty ebuild hack

The linuxptp makefile does not really support selecting the hash MAC library backend and just uses the first one it finds, defaulting to nettle.

Comment 2 10walls 2024-10-18 02:30:46 UTC

Created attachment 906216 [details, diff]
makefile hack

Patch removes the makefile logic to allow the introduction of USE flags.