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The following changes to /var/lib/dpkg/info/lirc.postinst seem to fix
the issue. Its working for me. Now have to figure out how to submit this
change upstream.

228,229c228,230
< 		EVENTS=`ls /dev/input | grep -v "by-path" | sed 's/^/,\ \/dev\/input\//' | tr '\n' '\0'`
< 		db_subst lirc/dev_input_device EVENTS $EVENTS_BY_PATH $EVENTS
---
> 		EVENTS_BY_ID=`ls /dev/input/by-id | sed 's/^/,\ \/dev\/input\/by-id\//' | tr '\n' '\0'`
> 		EVENTS=`ls /dev/input | grep -v "by-path" | grep -v "by-id" | sed 's/^/,\ \/dev\/input\//' | tr '\n' '\0'`
> 		db_subst lirc/dev_input_device EVENTS $EVENTS_BY_PATH $EVENTS_BY_ID $EVENTS

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695767

Title:
  configure for devinput should show contents of /dev/input/by-id

Status in “lirc” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: lirc

  If you have a infra-red remote control that shows up as an input
  device then doing the configuration stage wants you to pick the
  correct /dev/input/ interface and does so by showing the contents of
  that directory.  One member shown is 'by-id' but that is a directory
  so picking it makes no sense.

  But in any event configuration should really show the contents of
  /dev/input/by-id since the names contained within are stable whereas
  the various numbered interfaces (input3, event6 etc) are not.

  Some more context here
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10278924&postcount=6

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: lirc 0.8.7~pre3-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Dec 30 10:45:34 2010
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lirc