[Pkg-lirc-maint] Bug#860296: lirc is spamming syslog with messages

[Alec Leamas]

On 16/05/17 00:12, Dominik George wrote:


> Same issue here.
> 
> lirc got installed as a dependency, and I really think it should not
> cause such issues if it is.

Hm...declaring lirc as a dep means pulling in the complete daemon - I 
see no reason for any client package to do this (?) Normally, a package 
should depend on liblirc-client0 to resolve the linker deps, but nothing 
more. So: Which package is pulling in lirc?

The list of lirc rdepends is (removing lirc package stuff)

   freevo-lirc
   vdr
   banshee-extension-lirc
   kremotecontrol
   inputlirc

Are you using any of these packages? Or, is lirc pulled in via the 
Suggests: in liblirc_client0 (which has a vast list of rdeps)?

Bottom line: requiring lirc is requiring a usable daemon. Apps just 
having lirc as an option, the normal case, should require liblirc-client0.



Cheers!

--alec