From 2cab27376b5ee1088d774f27d7fbe3a158093d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Dowland Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 21:24:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a NEWS.Debian entry about update-smart-drivedb Document the removal of the update-smart-drivedb feature in NEWS.Debian. --- debian/NEWS | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index 43d00b2..1bc204b 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,21 @@ +smartmontools (6.4+svn4214-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + Previous versions of the smartmontools package included a tool + update-smart-drivedb which downloaded updated drive definitions + from the smartmontools website and stored them at + + /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h + + This tool did not download the definitions in a secure manner and + so the feature has been removed in this version. Future drive DB + updates will be propagated via normal Debian package updates, + including backports. + + If you already have a drivedb.h file at that location, smartctl + will continue to use it. + + -- Jonathan Dowland Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:19:47 +0000 + smartmontools (5.37-1) unstable; urgency=low Prior to 5.37 temperature logging was enabled per default on SCSI disks, as -- 2.39.2