Bug#850467: kodi: Wrong "device" path for lirc

[Alec Leamas]

On 07/01/17 02:57, Bálint Réczey wrote:
>

Hi,
>>
>> A proper fix for this needs to be something accepted by upstream, I guess.
>
> Kodi's build system allows setting the default device through a
> ./configure option
> thus I think this does not have to be upstreamed.
>
> Do you mean upstreaming a more complex device detection logic?

Hi...
Just syncing is of course the first, minimal step. But bottom line is 
that a lirc user could set the (typically secondary) device to anything, 
it's just a config file. So a compile-time setting will not make in the 
long run. Other apps e. g., mythTV has it as a runtime configuration, 
and that's the proper patch be it a part of a config file, the menu 
system or an environment variable.

It's only a fraction of the lirc users which doesn't use 
/run/lirc/lircd, but a fraction is not zerao.

Cheers!