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 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:36 am Post subject: smartmontools update [Solved] |
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Hi
Portage updated smartmontools , it printed this message which i only saw because it was the last package updated:
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>>> Original instance of package unmerged safely.
* WARNING: There's already a drive database in '/var/db/smartmontools'!
* Because we cannot determine if this database is untouched
* or was modified by the user you have to manually update the
* drive database:
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* a) Replace '/var/db/smartmontools/drivedb.h' by the database shipped with this
* release which can be found in '/usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h', i.e.
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* cp "/usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h" "/var/db/smartmontools"
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* b) Run the following command as root:
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* /usr/sbin/update-smart-drivedb
>>> sys-apps/smartmontools-7.4-r1 merged.
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Do I need to follow that instruction or was it autodone?
The file does not look like something I would edit.
Thanks, Ian
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iandoug
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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During normal emerges where that package was not last, I would not have seen the message.
It's one of the things that bother me about the Gentoo way.
I have no idea if I made changes to that file when I set up the box a few year ago.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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iandoug,
The only reason to change that file is if you have a drive that is not included.
That's rare. You would remember it too.
The idea is that you can customise /var/db/smartmontools and send patches upstream so your drive gets into the next database update.
If you need to ask, do the update. Conversely, if you don't do the update, you probably won't notice as your drives are already there. Check with
| Code: | $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.7.6-gentoo] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Toshiba N300/MN NAS HDD
Device Model: TOSHIBA HDWG480
Serial Number: 71R0A0NWFA3H
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 b08e0f122
Firmware Version: 0601
User Capacity: 8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Form Factor: 3.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5577 |
See the last line of that smartctl fragment.
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iandoug
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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I see time on that file is Jan 26 03:03 .... so it would not have been me doing anything with it... presumably an emerge world running overnight.
Ok let me replace it then ....
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Emerge will always print all such messages at the end of the emerge session, no matter the order of packages. You should only be careful when your session crashes for some reason. You can also check /var/log/emerge-someting.log. I don't remember what that something was but I'm sure it was the log file with the dash in the name.
Regarding of you should follow the instruction, you can skip it and most of the time it'll be probably fine but sometimes this database gets updated so you better do it.
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Be diligent about reading through messages in /var/log/portage/elog (default location), and one won't miss important emerge messages.
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Regarding reading the emerge elog messages. There is a nice little gui app for reading these messages.
| Code: | $ eix elogviewer
[I] app-portage/elogviewer
Available versions: 3.2 {PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_10 python3_11"}
Installed versions: 3.2(06:36:31 PM 05/02/2023)(PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_11 -python3_10")
Homepage: https://github.com/Synss/elogviewer
Description: Elog viewer for Gentoo |
I always forget to use the gui, but just read them from the bash shell.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| figueroa wrote: | | Be diligent about reading through messages in /var/log/portage/elog (default location), and one won't miss important emerge messages. |
I did not know that log existed.
A while back, while pondering the issue of messages flying past, I thought that such a log SHOULD exist, and wondered if I should suggest it ...
Perhaps a message at the end of emerges would enlighten other ignorants like me... 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:14 am Post subject: |
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| iandoug wrote: |
A while back, while pondering the issue of messages flying past, |
I run emerge --quiet always, this is not an issue as messages from all packages are displayed after emerge completes.
The default level of output should do likewise. |
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