This bug was fixed in the package lirc - 0.8.3~pre1-0ubuntu7
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lirc (0.8.3~pre1-0ubuntu7) hardy; urgency=low
[ Mario Limonciello ]
* Fix a logical error in the init script related
to udev preventing it from working. (LP: #176616)
* Fix race conditions with udev (LP: #2046
not applicable for lircd.conf:
>From lirc.postinst:
#if we have an existing file, back it up
if [ -f "/etc/lirc/lircd.conf" ]; then
mv /etc/lirc/lircd.conf /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.dpkg-old
fi
For hardware.conf, i'll add a fix though.
** Changed in: lirc (Ubu