On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:36:33 -0800 "Gary E. Miller" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yo Charles! > > On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:02:04 -0700 > Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:35:58 -0700 > > > Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've updated my build script for recent releases of Debian. A > > > > patch file is attached. Enjoy. > > > > > > I don't use Debian, so no joy. What should I do with it? Merge > > > it? > > > > Yes. It's a patch to the script at > > https://gpsd.io/building.html#_other_debian_derivatives_including_stock > > > > Are you sure that is OK with the Debian Maintainer? bzed used to be > pretty picky about that. I will check with the current maintainer, Boian Bonev <[email protected]>. > > > > Why not use the scons command to free the shared memory? > > > > I haven't figured out how to do that. I'm no scons expert and seem > > to have missed it. If you know how, please do. That would be a much > > more elegant solution. > > I was thinking of "scons shmclean" but that only remove the NTP SHM. > The issue you have is removing all the leftovers from testing. > > You could do it one at a time: ipcrm -M 0xxxxxxx > > But that would be a PITA. Indeed. I could also write a script that ipcrms all shared memory. That would work if the gpsd tests were the only users of shared memory, a dicey assumption. I think the most elegant solution would be for each test to release any shared it uses, a good practice. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
