Yo Hans! On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:17:16 +0100 Hans Mayer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, it's the option -G or --listenany
> without it isn't working, but with option -G it's fine.
> I didn't realise that the listen statement also has an effect on
> outgoing connections too.
That would be a bug. At least we found it now. The stat() funcion mus
behave differently depending on whether gpsd is listenting on localhost,
or globally.
Way too deep to be intentional on gpsd's part.
> the simple one:
> update man page for gpsd and add where an URL is described the info
> that -G is necessary.
> And maybe at the option itself that it is needed for outgoing
> connections.
Since this invovles a libc quirk, it may be required. But I hope not.
> the complex one:
> update gpsd source code. whenever an URL is used but no -G option
> available then write a human understandable error message and
> terminate.
Not so hard, but should not be needed.
Maybe just not doing the stat() is sufficient. I'll know soon.
RGDS
GARY
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