Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Smart Database

[Jon Hardcastle <jd_hardcastle@yahoo.com>]

--- On Tue, 19/1/10, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:

> From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
> Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: Smart Database
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Date: Tuesday, 19 January, 2010, 15:10
> Jon Hardcastle <jd_hardcastle@yahoo.com>
> writes:
> 
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I want to update my gentoo install to use the latest
> trunk version
> > of the smartmontools drive database.
> >
> > Does anyone have any gentoo orientated guidance here?
> I have spoken
> > to the chaps there and they say to run configure with
> > '--enable-drivedb' and then copy over the the current
> SVN version of
> > drivedb.h to DATADIR/smartmontools
> >
> > But i wonder where this fits into the wonderful world
> of gentoo and
> > package management/
> 
> First... is the svn version really different than the
> ~<ARCHITECTURE>
> version on portage?.. that is version 5.39
> 
> You can get that version by putting an tilde followed by
> your machine
> architecture (on the cmd line if you don't want to run as
> development
> version always) otherwise in /etc/make.conf
>    for x86 it would look like:
> 
>    ~x86
> 
> Then you can add you configure argument (--enable-drivedb)
> using the
> EXTRA_ECONF flag.  Which will tell gentoo to use that
> flag at
> `./configure' time.
> 
> So the emerge command line would be something like this:
> 
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS='~x86' EXTRA_ECONF='--enable-drivedb' \
>   emerge -v smartmontools
> 
> (all on one line would be best)
> 
> Now if you really need to introduce drivedb.h from svn
> repostory then
> you will need to go the overlay route... I
> think.   Someone more
> knowledgable will be able to correct me .. I'm sure.
> 
> That process involves installing your own separate portage
> in some
> other directory (/usr/local/portage) and using ebuild
> commands to
> build your own version.
> 
> You would need to install `layman' for starters
> 
> In that case you could introduce any commands or files you
> like, and
> process them with `ebuild'.
> 
> The process is not all that hard, but I better leave an
> explanation of
> how to do it to someone here who is more familiar with it.
> 
> I've done it but only rarely... and last time was a while
> ago.
> 
> 
> 

Hi,

Thanks for your input! Wow that is alot more complicated that I had hoped! 

I am already using the masked version of Smartmontools but the 5.39 version does not include 1 of the HDD I use and as I have got a whole load more of that exact model of drive on the way I would like it to. I have emailed the smartmontools maintainers and they added the drive 5 days ago, and hence is in the svn version. Hence me wanting to get the latest  version of the drive DB.