Comment 35 for bug 164627

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Claudiu Vlad (claudiu-vlad) wrote : Re: [Bug 164627] Re: lirc based applications can not get exclusive access to /dev/input interface

Could you please check the patch to include this string also:

On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 04:00 +0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> This bug was fixed in the package lirc - 0.8.4a-0ubuntu1
>
> ---------------
> lirc (0.8.4a-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
>
> * New upstream version.
> * Drop no longer necessary patches:
> - 03_extra_files
> - 25_upstream_2.6.27
> - 27_multiple_include
> * Update patches for new version:
> - 12_pvr150_transmit_support
> - 16_lirc_gpio
> - 26_transmitter_lircd.conf
> - 28_irrecord_resume_support
> * New patches:
> - 38_encore_enltv.dpatch (LP: #274087)
> * debian/lirc.fdi:
> - Update FDI file to match a few more remotes reported
> on bugs that work when keyed. (LP: #164627, #204960, #279472)
> * debian/control:
> - Update Recommends for lirc-modules-source
> * debian/lirc.preinst:
> - Remove old calls that will no longer be encountered in package
> upgrades.
> * Merge some packaging changes from Debian. They hadn't done a
> release in a long time, so this will at least get us closer to their
> packaging for an overarching goal of being in sync.
> - Sync'ed changes:
> + debian/compat
> + README.Debian
> + debian/copyright
> + debian/doc-base.lirc
> + debian/liblircclient-dev.install
> + debian/lirc-modules-source.postrm
> + debian/lirc.postrm
> + debian/po
> + debian/lirc-svga.install
> + debian/lirc-svga.links
> + drop debian/lirc.config.in
> + drop debian/lirc.config.md5sum
> + drop debian/lirc.modules
> - Merge debian/control, remaining changes:
> + We don't share same VCS
> + We recommend udev
> + Our lirc-modules-source uses DKMS
> - Merge debian/rules, remaining changes:
> + DKMS support
> - Merge debian/liblircclient0.pc, remaining changes:
> + Version number we have is higher
> - Merge debian/lirc.install, remaining changes:
> + We install udev rules
> + We install an FDI file
> - Merge debian/lirc.templates, remaining changes:
> + Some of our keys are named differently because we differentiate
> between a remote and a transmitter device.
> + We've got some extra keys for details of devices.
> - Merge debian/lirc.init.d, remaining changes:
> + We've pretty much entirely revamped the file. Our deltas will
> need to be submitted incrementally to Debian.
> - Merge debian/lirc.postinst, remaining changes:
> + We've pretty much entirely revamped the file. Our deltas will
> need to be submitted incrementally to Debian.
> - Merge debian/rules, remaining changes:
> + We install a udev rule
> + We install an FDI file
> + We install DKMS support
> + We install transmitter lircd.conf's
> + We Install the remote and transmitter hwdb explicitly
> - Merge patches that we took from debian for 0.8.4 support:
> + debian/patches/02_Makefile.in
> + debian/patches/04_man_pages
>
> lirc (0.8.3-3) unstable; urgency=low
>
> * update swedish translation, thanks to Martin Bagge <email address hidden>
> (Closes: #491772).
> * add italian debconf translation, thanks to Vincenzo Campanella
> <email address hidden>.
> * silence LIRC_MODE_LIRCCODE log message, as it is not rate limited and
> tends to overflow syslog in case IR receivers get removed without
> stopping lirc or removing the configuration; this is a temporary
> band-aid for lenny and no long term solution (Closes: #500421).
>
> lirc (0.8.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium
>
> * remove dead code (modutils has only been used for kernel 2.4 and the
> affected code blocks weren't reachable since 0.8.3-1 anyways, as the
> conffile wasn't shipped in the first place).
> * conflict with makedev << 2.3.1-88, lirc either needs a fixed version or
> none at all (Closes: #477063).
> * 0.8.3-1 hasn't transitioned to testing yet, so keep the urgency at medium
> as it fixes several serious bugs (oops in lirc_i2c on kernel 2.6.25, FTBS
> against 2.6.26, missing module versions rejected by kernel >= 2.6.26,
> custom mknod replaced by proper makedev calls, if installed).
>
> lirc (0.8.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>
> [ Stefan Lippers-Hollmann ]
> * new upstream release 0.8.3 (Closes: #481649).
> * rediff patches:
> - 02_Makefile.in
> - 04_man_pages
> - 05_non_linux
> - 06_libtool_kfreebsd
> * drop patches merged upstream:
> - 16_kcompat-2.6.23
> - 17_kcompat-2.6.24
> - 20_kcompat-2.6.25
> - 19_enable-macmini-as-userspace-driver
> * remove local scope definition for variables in lirc.init.d following
> SUSv3, its current use for MODULES_MISSING and ARGS doesn't justify
> making use of the exceptions specified in Debian policy 10.4
> (Closes: #471422).
> * fix copy and paste error in lirc-modules-source.README.Debian.
> * lirc_i2c: fix kernel oops on 2.6.25, patch taken from upstream CVS.
> * change debconf defaults for lirc-modules-source:
> - drop lirc_gpio, it is affected by API changes in bttv and FTBS since
> 2.6.23.
> - enable atiusb.
> - enable bt829.
> - enable cmdir.
> - enable igorplugusb.
> - enable imon.
> - enable it87.
> - enable mceusb/ mceusb2.
> - keep lirc_parallel disabled, it is not SMP safe.
> - enable sasem.
> - enable streamzap.
> - enable sir, keep the defaults at generic sir controller (other) port
> 0x2f8 and irq 3, which seems to be supported by a short poll among
> notebook owners.
> - enable serial, keep defaulting to generic (home-brewed) IR receivers,
> change to ttyS0 (port 0x3f8, irq 4) as most concurrently sold systems
> only ship one serial port.
> * replace custom mknod usage by using makdev's newly added lirc support and
> add a versioned dependency on a fixed makedev version instead. This
> dependency can be relaxed to udev | makedev, once makedev (>= 2.3.1-88)
> has been shipped in a stable release. Given that Breaks support isn't
> usable until lenny+1, this conservative approach is the safer variant for
> etch --> lenny upgrades (Closes: #393575, #477063).
> * drop debian/lirc.config.in, which was added as a bandaid for #329897
> alltogether, neither it nor setup-driver.sh are used anywhere on the end
> user's system; this allows dropping the pre-dependency on dialog and
> lirc.config.md5sum as well.
> * add a sanity check to debian/rules' clean target to ensure that
> liblirclient0's pkg-config file is up to date.
> * add compatibility code for udev >= 0.117, avoid flag day changes or a hard
> dependency on udev; inspired by Scott James Remnant <email address hidden>
> (Closes: #456325).
> * restructure lirc-modules-source package to dump all module sources
> directly into the toplevel directory (omit upstream's Makefiles from
> module subdirectories) and replace custom toplevel Makefile with a simple
> in-kernel style buildsystem. This fixes symbol versioning for the kernel
> modules and, as a side effect, the clean target of the top-level Makefile
> and doesn't allow empty port/ IRQ settings.
> (Closes: #450521, #483089, #369076)
> * add compatibility patch for kernels >= 2.6.26, based on upstream CVS.
> * drop debian/lirc.modules, modutils is obsolete (kernel 2.4).
> * make lirc-modules-source compatible with linux-modules-extra-2.6:
> - use bzip2 to compress the source tarball.
> - change path names to correspond with the package name.
> * fix LIRC_IRQ redefinition.
>
> [ Matthew Johnson ]
> * Add pkg-config file (Closes: #421881)
>
> [ Sven Mueller ]
> * Add swedish translation (Closes: #483766)
>
> [ Matthew Johnson ]
> * Raise priority to medium since it fixes kernel-related bugs
>
> -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:10:50
> -0600
>
> ** Changed in: lirc (Ubuntu)
> Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
>