There were several issues with the tool to download unauthenticated data and such. So it was removed in 6.4+svn4214-1 which is the one in Xenial and Bionic.
It was later introduced in an improved form in 7.0-1 therefore the latest LTS release of ubuntu Focal is good. ** Also affects: smartmontools (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: smartmontools (Ubuntu Eoan) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: smartmontools (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: smartmontools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874362 Title: xenial/man8/update-smart-drivedb.8.html incorrect To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smartmontools/+bug/1874362/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs