From 8a847dbf340206acf8dadfd17ed785665cfeecec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:22:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix oddly damaged code (vs. 5.x) for EngineSlave core methods
 (JACK transport)

---
 libs/ardour/engine_slave.cc | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/ardour/engine_slave.cc b/libs/ardour/engine_slave.cc
index 8fdd78a1e8..d18e39841c 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/engine_slave.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/engine_slave.cc
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ Engine_TransportMaster::speed_and_position (double& sp, samplepos_t& position, s
 	 * called synchronously with the engine.
 	 */
 
-	if (backend && backend->speed_and_position (sp, position)) {
-		return true;
+	if (backend) {
+		_starting = backend->speed_and_position (sp, position);
+	} else {
+		_starting = false;
 	}
 
 	lp = now;
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ Engine_TransportMaster::speed_and_position (double& sp, samplepos_t& position, s
 
 	_current_delta = 0;
 
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
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