Running VDR without LIRC?

[Thomas Schmidt]

Hello,

* Roman Müllenschläder schrieb am 22.03.07, um 09:23 Uhr:
> > It was changed in vdr 1.2.6-10 to reduce build-time and overall
> > package size. But as i said, you should still be able to use
> > update-alternatives to switch between the 4 version. (We still ship
> > the scripts vdr-kbd, vdfr-daemon, vdr-lirc and vdr-rcu which call vdr
> > with the appropriate options.)
> 
> Yeah, I admit you're right ... for the debian packages ;)
> 
> But that's a point where Tobi's packages do differ from the debian ones! 
> Thought they were closer to each other than they are ...

Well, the packages are very simmiliar but the remote handling is one of
the very few points where both versions differ from each other.

> So, for to give a user a simple instruction on how to 'disable' lirc-input, 
> one has to know what packages he has installed ;(
> 
> Cause of the debian packages beeing less up-to-date as Tobi's are, 
> adding '--lirc=/dev/null' to OPTIONS in 'default' works with _both_, 
> cause 'vdr-lirc' is the 'alterntive' with highest priority, am I correct?

Yes, you are right, vdr-lirc is the alternative with the highest
priority.

> Most of the VDR users I know are using Tobi's repository cause of later 
> versions and more plugins available ...
> 
> Thought debian inherits Tobi's efforts somehow!? They doesn't, right?

We are working together but the packages evolved separate from each
other a while, so the differences in remote-handling are caused by a
different history of the packages. (the official packages allways
provided 5 different binaries for the different types of remotes)


Regards,
Thomas

-- 
Thomas Schmidt, Debian VDR Team
http://pkg-vdr-dvb.alioth.debian.org/
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