lircd(8) mentions non-existent /dev/input/uinput

[Reuben Thomas]

Binary package hint: lirc

As far as I can see, this file is now called /dev/uinput. Please could you update the man page?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: lirc 0.8.6-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 20 21:39:42 2010
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: lirc

[Reuben Thomas (rrt)]

This bug is still present in trusty.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lirc - 0.9.4c-1

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lirc (0.9.4c-1) experimental; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
  * New tool irtext2udp.
  * Resolves build errors on kernels > 4.8.0A.
  * Most of patches upstreamed.

 -- Alec Leamas <email address hidden> Sat, 22 Oct 2016 14:52:05 +0200