I just made the switch to Python 3.10 as default. But current stable app-misc/lirc-0.10.1-r4 failed for me with Python 3.10 and that although it has 3.10 in PYTHON_COMPAT. Reproducible: Always
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Thank you very much Sam! That was a record speed with which you solved the issue.