[Bug 208398] sysutils/smartmontools: split drive database into separate port

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            Bug ID: 208398
           Summary: sysutils/smartmontools: split drive database into
                    separate port
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: freebsd-ports-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: amdmi3 at FreeBSD.org
                CC: samm at os2.kiev.ua
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(samm at os2.kiev.ua)
                CC: samm at os2.kiev.ua

Created attachment 168787
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=168787&action=edit
Patch

Smartmontools contain a device database (drivedb.h) which lists quirks such as
non-standard smart attributes for specific drives. While new version of
smartmontools is released ~once a year, the database is update much more
frequently (~once a month). Smartmontools unclude an utility
(update-smart-drivedb) to update the database, but it's not compatible with
ports system, as database will be overwritten when port/package is reinstalled.

So, I propose to move database into separate port,
sysutils/smartmontools-drivedb, which will be updated independently and more
frequently than smartmontools and provide an up to date drivedb.

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