Bug 286217

Summary:	app-misc/lirc-0.8.6 fails to start if /var/run/lirc does not exist
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Matt Whitlock <gentoo>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Television related Applications in Gentoo's Portage <media-tv>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	fauli, xstamatopoulos
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Matt Whitlock 2009-09-24 13:10:22 UTC

LIRC 0.8.6 will not start unless directory /var/run/lirc exists: it tries to create a socket at /var/run/lirc/lircd but fails.  The ebuild should create the required directory with 'dodir'.

Comment 1 Christos Stamatopoulos 2009-09-24 15:17:52 UTC

I am also having problem with the lirc 0.8.6 to start

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-09-28 06:25:13 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 286451 ***