There is the command "patch", you'll find a short tutorial on it on http://www.linuxtutorialblog.com/post/introduction-using-diff-and-patch-tutorial .
The file you need to apply the patch to is /var/lib/dpkg/info/irda-utils.postinst Or at least with patching this one the installation worked for me.
I just found out about this after I edited the script by hand...
There is the command "patch", you'll find a short tutorial on it on http:// www.linuxtutori alblog. com/post/ introduction- using-diff- and-patch- tutorial .
The file you need to apply the patch to is /var/lib/ dpkg/info/ irda-utils. postinst
Or at least with patching this one the installation worked for me.
I just found out about this after I edited the script by hand...