[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#691672: build-depend on pps-tools

[Sven Hartge]

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:24:29 -0400 Douglas Calvert
<dfc at douglasfcalvert.net> wrote:

> Last night I rebuilt the latest ntpd in debian unstable from source with
> pps-tools installed. After restarting ntpd the rebuilt ntpd was able to use
> the pps signal from my sure gps.
> 
> As it is I see no reason not to add pps-tools to the build-deps for ntpd.

I want to add a "me too" to this bug. Please enable the use of PPS in
the package build.

I just built a tiny GPS-disciplined NTP server using an Raspberry Pi2
and a GPS addon card, as outlined here:
http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Raspberry-Pi-quickstart.html

To be able to use the GPS_NMEA driver with PPS I had to manually rebuild
the package, something which should not be necessary.

Enabling the PPS source, even if the default Debian kernel lacks the
PPSAPI, does not hurt the normal user, but, as Kenyon Ralph said,
removes one step for users who build their only kernels or just use the
ntpd PPS discipline.

Grüße,
Sven.