Samuel's Workaround -- was Re: Linux 9 stretch What to do about reviving speakup?

[Susan Fowle]

On Fri, Mar 29, 2019, at 8:17 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Gregory Nowak, le jeu. 28 mars 2019 22:30:08 -0700, a ecrit:
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 04:59:48PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> > > 	I tried it and it basically confirmed what I already know
> > > It tries to fix the problem.  The old script gives errors.  The
> > > new script gives errors so it gives up.  Here is it's output:
> > 
> > Try:
> > 
> > dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq espeakup
> 
> That will not be enough.
> 
> 
> As mentioned previously on the debian-accessibility mailing list
> (really, that is where this kind of knowledge lives), version
> 1:0.80-5+deb9u2 unfortunately had a bug that needs to be fixed by hand:
> 
> A workaround is to fix the issue
> by hand in /lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service, by adding /bin/ to
> 
> ExecStart=sh -c 'modprobe speakup_soft && /usr/bin/espeakup -V ${VOICE}'
> 
> so it looks like
> 
> ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'modprobe speakup_soft && /usr/bin/espeakup -V "${VOICE}"'
> 
> 
> Then you will be able to upgrade the package to version 1:0.80-5+deb9u3
> normally.
> 
> Samuel
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