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Re: [gpsd-users] gps_read parameters
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Gary E. Miller |
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Re: [gpsd-users] gps_read parameters |
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Sat, 1 Sep 2018 15:44:01 -0700 |
Yo Charles!
On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 15:58:32 -0600
Charles Curley <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have had some interesting problems with two gpsd client programs,
> navit and my own brainless client, gnome-gps.
> https://github.com/charlescurley
Nice, I'll check it out.
> Apparently in commit 6bba8b329fc7687b15863d30471d5af402467802 Gary
> Miller changed the parameters for gps_read. Fine.
Yup. The old API had a nasty buffer overrun bug in it. Plus clients
writing to a "const char *". You could see this in the data window
when running cpgs.
> But that changes the API. Which breaks my program:
Yup. Unavoidable major API version change.
> Could you please bump the API version number so we mere C programmers
> can add an appropriate #IFDEF? Thanks
Already bumped in commit 9f6d73c779168a6ec276b02a3d08ece8bfc15d51
-#define GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION 6 /* bump on incompatible changes */
-#define GPSD_API_MINOR_VERSION 1 /* bump on compatible changes */
+#define GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION 7 /* bump on incompatible changes */
+#define GPSD_API_MINOR_VERSION 0 /* bump on compatible changes */
RGDS
GARY
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