Re: problem with lirc over network under Ubuntu 18.04

Strange the link you posted is for inkscape ..

I call that smoke and mirrors 

On Fri, 2018-12-28 at 20:49 +0100, Alec Leamas wrote:
> On 28/12/18 20:16, Richard Bown wrote:
> > Hi
> > Good luck with this Andre
> > I asked the same question months ago and never got an answer.
> > But if you search on other lists you will find the recommended
> > action
> > is to temporary add the repo for 16.04 and force the reload of the
> > previous version of lirc , then put a apt hold on lirc so it does
> > not
> > get upgraded back to the broken version. Its on the ubuntu forums,
> > and
> > quite a few others as well, unfortunately a well known problem.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/178823
> 
> lirc being broken was finally raised as a bug in [1]. As evident from
> the bug the statement "lirc is broken" is plain wrong.
> 
> However, some users have had problems doing a correct upgrade. The
> upgrade requires manual steps as described in
> /usr/share/doc/lirc/README.Debian.gz.
> 
> As a starter, have you made the upgrade as described herein?
> 
> Cheers!
> --alec
> 
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1788235
>