Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lirc
A package update apparently distributed on or around 2008-06-11 renames /etc/lirc/lircd.conf to /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.dpkg-old - causing the remote to fail due to having its configuration overwritten with a file containing only these comment lines: #This configuration has been automatically generated via #the Ubuntu LIRC package maintainer scripts. # #It includes the default configuration for the remote and/or #transmitter that you have selected during package installation. # #Feel free to add any custom remotes to the configuration #via additional include directives or below the existing #Ubuntu include directives from your selected remote and/or #transmitter. #No default remote configuration was included for Home-brew (16x50 UART compatible serial port) #You will need to include your own custom configuration for #this remote, and file a bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+filebug ...which I hereby do, in spite of this appearing to be an omission in the package installer rather than a bug in the source as such. This behaviour might cause users some headaches as not everyone is supposed to know that this is easily remedied by testing the remote (typically requiring the physical presence of "root" to push its buttons though) and rolling back the changes by performing e.g. the following steps: irw cd /etc/lirc /etc/init.d/lirc stop cp lircd.conf lircd.conf.dpkg_2008-06-11 cp lircd.conf.dpkg-old lircd.conf /etc/init.d/lirc start irw Given that it is not known whether /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.dpkg-old will be preserved over multiple generations of updates, the automatic replacement of /etc/lirc/lircd.conf without warning might lead to final loss of one's configuration even if submitted for inclusion with http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/, as no updates have been made available on the latter since 2008-03-02. ** Affects: lirc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Update disables lircd.conf (i.e. the remote control) without appropriate notice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239938 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
