The behavior of the postinst script will simple rename your existing config to
/etc/lirc/lircd.dpkg-old. Your old configuration should be present there,
unless you reconfigured lirc multiple times to choose different remotes.
Here is the snippet of what the postinst script does:
# we don't restore the file unless the user is (re)configuring
elif $CONFIG_CHANGED \
&& [ -f "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/$RET" ];then
if [ -f "/etc/lirc/lircd.conf" ]; then
mv /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf.dpkg-old
fi
cp /usr/share/lirc/remotes/$RET \
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf
fi
Nonetheless, I do see that this will be confusing to some people who are
upgrading lirc and suddenly get a pretty option to choose a remote. I'm
attaching a debdiff that will show a more informative message
** Attachment added: "better explanation debdiff"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/8598494/lirc-ubuntu3-ubuntu4.debdiff
** Changed in: lirc (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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lirc overwrote my lircd.conf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129038
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