Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS seems to be back to looking at ye olde /usr/share/applications/vdr-sxfe.desktop which has the same spurious --lirc parameter in addition to VDR's own.
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS seems to be back to looking at ye olde /usr/share/ applications/ vdr-sxfe. desktop which has the same spurious --lirc parameter in addition to VDR's own.