There is the command "patch", you'll find a short tutorial on it on http://www.linuxtutorialblog.com/post/introduction-using-diff-and-patch- tutorial .
The file you need to apply the patch to is /var/lib/dpkg/info/irda-utils.postinst Or at least with patching this one the installation worked for me. I just found out about this after I edited the script by hand... -- [Jaunty] modprobe requires .conf filenames now https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340873 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs