Re: How soon do new drives appear in drivedb.h?

Ivan Lezhnjov Jr. wrote:
> On Dec 15, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Christian Franke <...> wrote:
>
>
>> The USB entry for your WD device is now included, try update-smart-drivedb.
> lol thank you. Makes me feel privileged :P However, there are some problems with the current version of the file:
>
> % smartctl -i /dev/sdc
> smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.4.2-2-ARCH] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
>
> /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h(534): Syntax error in preset option string
> ...
> I grabbed [r3868] from http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/3868/tree/trunk/smartmontools/drivedb.h and copied the file to /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h

This version of smartctl is too old for drivedb.h from trunk.
Please update smartmontools or use the 5.42 drivedb branch:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Download#Updatethedrivedatabase

Thanks,
Christian


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