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lirc package

  1. Bug #570700
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 570700

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Soenke (s0enke) wrote :

Correct, lirc version 0.8.6-0ubuntu4.1 breaks the module. I reverted to 0.8.6-0ubuntu4 and everything back to normal (no source install, though)

$ apt-cache policy lirc
lirc:
  Installed: 0.8.6-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.8.6-0ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
     0.8.6-0ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
 *** 0.8.6-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ uname -a
Linux mediageloet 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 08:03:28 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Workaround: Pin the version - add the following to /etc/apt/preferences

Package: lirc
Pin-Priority: 900
Pin: version 0.8.6-0ubuntu4

Now it won't get installed by updates:

apt-cache policy lirc
lirc:
  Installed: 0.8.6-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.8.6-0ubuntu4
  Package pin: 0.8.6-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
     0.8.6-0ubuntu4.1 900
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
 *** 0.8.6-0ubuntu4 900
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status