[Pkg-lirc-maint] lirc 0.8.3pre1 package problems

[Amaya]

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----- Forwarded message from Andrew Barbaccia <andrew at monolithmc.com> -----

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:00:35 -0400
From: Andrew Barbaccia <andrew at monolithmc.com>
To: hector at debian.org, acid at debian.org, aurel32 at debian.org,
	amaya at debian.org
Subject: lirc 0.8.3pre1 package problems

Friends,

A bug was introduced in lirc somewhere around 0.8.2 and proceeded
through 0.8.3pre1 which prevents lirc transmission (and some receiving)
from working. While there is no software output of an error - there is
no response from the hardware.

I am an ubuntu user and have tested on both gutsy and hardy development
by doing the following:

Take known working config files and install lirc package. Test sending -
reports success but no output on transmitter.  Take known working config
files and compile lirc SVN. Test sending - reports success and output is
on transmitter.

Other users have experienced the same results:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/182530

The lirc package has come a significant way and the version for hardy is
very impressive with how much is configured through debconf. I would
like to help more but I do not know how to repackage this with SVN code
instead of 0.8.3pre1.

Let me know how to proceed.

Cheers!

-- 
Andrew Barbaccia
MonolithMC, Inc. Support
(631) 897 - 2536

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