[LinuxPPS] building ntpd for debian with nmea patch applied

[Hal V. Engel]

On Sunday 11 January 2009 05:51:34 Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Trying to build the latest version of ntpd in debian with the nmea-patch
> applied. Can't get it to work: it ignores the PPS device. lsof shows
> that ntpd does not open it. Previous version still works.
> What I did was:
> - apt-get source ntp
> - applied udo's nmea patch from
> http://ftp.enneenne.com/pub/misc/linuxpps/refclocks/nmea/nmea.patch - added
> "LDFLAGS += -lrt" to ntp-4.2.4p4+dfsg/debian/rules
> - build the package with:
> - debuild -us -uc -d
> - installed it and restarted ntpd
> I verified with strace that it doesn't even try to open /dev/pps0.
>
> Anyone got a hint what I'm doing wrong here?
>
>
> Folkert van Heusden

Is it configured so that it has support for reference clocks built in?  Most 
distros do not build ntp with refclock support.

Hal