[Bug 35456] Re: UVF exception: lirc 0.7.1pre2 -> 0.8.0

[fubarbundy]

The latest on revu builds for me too..

As a user of lirc with MythTV I have to ask, am I missing something or
is using lirc on Ubuntu RIDICULOUSLY difficult? As far as I can see, you
must jump through the following hoops, and this applies to the latest
lirc on revu:

(after building if using latest)

-Install the following debs: lirc, liblircclient0, lirc-modules-source
-Install kernel sources
-Determine only by digging through lirc-modules-source's installed files list in Synaptic that there is some documentation in /usr/share/doc/lirc-modules-source on what to do now
-Follow the instructions in /usr/src/modules/lirc/README to actually build modules and get a working lirc setup. Have you read this file? Why even bother with the deb package route in the first place?

Someone please tell me how stupid I am for thinking this is what has to
be done at present, because I really want to be wrong. This isn't even
slightly easy or maintainable when kernel updates come down the line as
far as I can see.

At the moment I'm just modifying debian/rules for --with-driver=serial
and building that way, which means once the debs are installed I'm set.

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UVF exception: lirc 0.7.1pre2 -> 0.8.0
https://launchpad.net/bugs/35456