retitle 494660 hdparm: hdparm output messes up init script formatting
severity 494660 wishlist
thanks
This one time, at band camp, Arno van Amersfoort said:
> Now I (suddenly) see what's happing:
> 
> +(525 /etc/default)# /etc/init.d/hdparm 
> start                                                                     
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Setting parameters of disc: setting standby to 60 (5 minutes)
> /dev/sda  setting standby to 60 (5 minutes)
> /dev/sdb .
> 
> 
> The lines "setting standby to" are screwed up / the lines containing 
> /dev/sda en /dev/sdb are not the same (although their settings are). So 
> hdparm does apply the setting but the output of the init script is 
> incorrect, are at least misleading....

Ah, that makes more sense.  I have thought about swallowing the output
from hdparm somehow to make the formatting nicer, but so far it hasn't
been worth the effort to also report problems when they happen.  Sorry
this is annoying, I'll see what i can do.

Cheers,
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