On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 07:06:35PM +0200, Francesco Potorti` wrote: > >> Package: smartmontools > >> Version: 5.38-3 > >> Severity: normal > >> > >> After the last testing upgrade, smartmontools refuses to start: > >Please have a look at syslog or run smartd from the commandline to find > >out what causes the problem. > > Sorry for the delay. It turned out it was an error in the previous > config file (an 'exec' command which is no longer recognised). After > purging the package and reinstalling it, I see no more errors. > > Maybe this indicates an incompatibility with old versions? If this is > the case, then the installation procedure should detect it and take > appropriate actions. Could you attache the old an new config for this? I don't think the config file format changed intentionally and we should fix this up if possible. Cheers, -- Guido
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