smartmontools and update-smart-drivedb

Wed Apr 29 12:52:24 UTC 2020

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On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:30:31 -0400
Carmel NY <carmel_ny at outlook.com> 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,
> www.smartmontools.org
> 
> smartctl comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free
> software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under
> the terms of the GNU General Public License; either
> version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
> See http://www.gnu.org for further details.
> 
> smartmontools release 7.1 dated 2019-12-30 at 15:00:11 UTC
> smartmontools SVN rev 5022 dated 2019-12-30 at 15:00:49
> smartmontools build host: amd64-portbld-freebsd11.3
> smartmontools build with: C++14, GCC 4.2.1 Compatible FreeBSD Clang
> 8.0.0 (tags/RELEASE_800/final 356365) smartmontools configure
> arguments: '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--enable-sample'
> '--with-gnupg=no' '--with-initscriptdir=/usr/local/etc/rc.d'
> '--with-nvme-devicescan=yes' '--with-update-smart-drivedb=no'
> '--prefix=/usr/local' '--localstatedir=/var' '--mandir=/usr/local/man'
> '--disable-silent-rules' '--infodir=/usr/local/share/info/'
> '--build=amd64-portbld-freebsd11.3'
> 'build_alias=amd64-portbld-freebsd11.3' 'CXX=c++' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -pipe
> -fstack-protector-strong -fno-strict-aliasing  ' 'LDFLAGS=
> -fstack-protector-strong ' 'LIBS=' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CC=cc' 'CFLAGS=-O2
> -pipe  -fstack-protector-strong -fno-strict-aliasing '
> 
> This is from the sysutils/smartmontools/ Makefile:
> 
> CONFIGURE_ARGS= --disable-dependency-tracking \
>                 --enable-sample \
>                 --with-gnupg=no \
>                 --with-initscriptdir=${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d \
>                 --with-nvme-devicescan=yes \
>                 --with-update-smart-drivedb=no
> 
> As can be clearly seen, the "update-smart-drivedb" ability has been
> eliminated from the port. Why is that? I am unable to update the
> database to include my HD, which is available. There is a
> "/usr/local/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h " present; however, it is
> out of date.
> 
> So, I guess my question is:
> 
> 1) Why is the "update" procedure deliberately removed from the port?

I think it was broken for a while.

> 2) What is the recommended procedure on FreeBSD to update this file?

All that command does is retrieve the header file drivedb.h. You can do
that manually from:

 https://www.smartmontools.org/browser/branches/RELEASE_7_0_DRIVEDB/smartmontools/drivedb.h

then put it in /usr/local/share/smartmontools/.

It doesn't need compiling; it parses it!