Re: smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

2020-04-29 Thread Bob Eager
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:17:55 +0200 Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > ## Carmel NY (carmel...@outlook.com): > > > 1) Why is the "update" procedure deliberately removed from the > > port? > > The svn history does mention it: > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision=527607 > "Remove

Re: smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

2020-04-29 Thread Christoph Moench-Tegeder
## Carmel NY (carmel...@outlook.com): > 1) Why is the "update" procedure deliberately removed from the port? The svn history does mention it: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision=527607 "Remove drivedb update binary as it will modify tracked files" A port has no business modifying

Re: smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

2020-04-29 Thread Carmel NY
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:00:35 -0400, Dan McGrath stated: >Hi, > >On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 11:20 AM Bob Eager wrote: > >> The port doesn't get updated every time there is a new drive >> database; that would be unworkable. >> > >Just a thought, but perhaps something similar to what ntp does with: >

Re: smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

2020-04-29 Thread Dan McGrath
Hi, On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 11:20 AM Bob Eager wrote: > The port doesn't get updated every time there is a new drive database; > that would be unworkable. > Just a thought, but perhaps something similar to what ntp does with: service ntpd fetch But of course using smartd, so that it can

Re: smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

2020-04-29 Thread Bob Eager
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:43:40 -0400 Carmel NY wrote: > On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:52:04 +0100, Bob Eager stated: > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA256 > > > >On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:30:31 -0400 > >Carmel NY wrote: > > > >> FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p8 > >> > >> Output of smartctl -V >

Re: smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

2020-04-29 Thread Carmel NY
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:52:04 +0100, Bob Eager stated: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA256 > >On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:30:31 -0400 >Carmel NY wrote: > >> FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p8 >> >> Output of smartctl -V >> >> smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p7 amd64] (local >>

Re: smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

2020-04-29 Thread Bob Eager
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:30:31 -0400 Carmel NY wrote: > FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p8 > > Output of smartctl -V > > smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p7 amd64] (local > build) Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, >

smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

2020-04-29 Thread Carmel NY
FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p8 Output of smartctl -V smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p7 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org smartctl comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to