Trusty verification
Confirming the problem:
ubuntu@trusty-smart-1209085:~$ sudo apt-get install smartmontools
--no-install-recommends
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no long
** Description changed:
[Impact]
Updating the smart driver db fails because the tool selected by the
script (curl) is not called with a parameter that allows it to follow
redirects. Since upstream changed the URL for that driver file, the
script now fails.
The fix is to just add
** Description changed:
[Impact]
- * An explanation of the effects of the bug on users and
+ Updating the smart driver db fails because the tool selected by the
+ script (curl) is not called with a parameter that allows it to follow
+ redirects. Since upstream changed the URL for that driver
** Changed in: smartmontools (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
** Changed in: smartmontools (Ubuntu Trusty)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+
+ * An explanation of the effects of the bug on users and
+
+ * jus
update-smart-drivedb was dropped in 6.4+svn4214-1:
smartmontools (6.4+svn4214-1) unstable; urgency=medium
...
[ Jonathan Dowland ]
...
* Get rid of update-smart-drivedb. Closes: #783317, #804299, #706909.
...
-- Jonathan Dowland Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:21:58 +
So the last ubuntu release th
Ubuntu Precise 12.04.5,
update-smart-drivedb does not work.
The error log is below.
sudo update-smart-drivedb -v
Download from branches/RELEASE_5_41_DRIVEDB
% Total% Received % Xferd Average Speed TimeTime Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spe
The attachment "current URI for drivedb.h" seems to be a patch. If it
isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the
"patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers,
unsubscribe the team.
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The attached "patch" worked for me.
Or just run
# sed -i
"/^SRCEXPR/{s#=.*#='http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/\$location/smartmontools/drivedb.h?format=raw'#}"
$(which update-smart-drivedb)
** Patch added: "current URI for drivedb.h"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so
What's up with this one? Can anyone take care of this annoyance?
This is what happens on 13.10:
~$ sudo update-smart-drivedb -v
Download from branches/RELEASE_6_2_DRIVEDB
% Total% Received % Xferd Average Speed TimeTime Time Current
Dload Upload
