Subject: gpsd: Current version of gpsd does not install /etc/init.d/gpsd and fails to start

From: Boian Bonev <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 02:48:03 +0300

Package: gpsd
Version: 3.20-12
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

I suppose that the soltion is to fork the package. In case that is agreed upon, I can prepare the modified package and upload it somewhere...

-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Devuan
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera/ceres)
Release:	testing/unstable
Codename:	n/a
Architecture: aarch64

Kernel: Linux 4.16.14-v8+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages gpsd depends on:
ii  adduser        3.118
ii  libbluetooth3  5.50-1.2
ii  libc6          2.30-8
ii  libdbus-1-3    1.12.20-1+devuan1
ii  libgps26       3.20-12
ii  libusb-1.0-0   2:1.0.23-2
ii  lsb-base       11.1.0
ii  netbase        6.1
ii  python3        3.8.2-3

Versions of packages gpsd recommends:
ii  eudev [udev]  3.2.9-7
ii  gpsd-tools    3.20-12

Versions of packages gpsd suggests:
pn  apparmor      <none>
ii  dbus          1.12.20-1+devuan1
ii  gpsd-clients  3.20-12

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/default/gpsd changed [not included]

-- no debconf information