Bug 438556

Summary:	RFE: update smartmontools to latest version (5.38?)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Aleksey Nogin <aleksey>
Component:	smartmontools	Assignee:	Tomas Smetana <tsmetana>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	5.1	CC:	ddomingo, herrold, liju.gopinath, stefano.biagiotti, syeghiay, tao
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Rebase
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Rebase: Bug Fixes and Enhancements
Doc Text:	smartmontools has been re-based to version 5.38. This update improves autodetection of hardware devices, improves support for CCISS RAID arrays, and features a larger database of supported devices. This update also fixes a bug wherein SELinux prevented smartmontools from monitoring 3ware RAID devices. smartmontools can now monitor such devices properly.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2009-01-20 20:52:39 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	454962

Description Aleksey Nogin 2008-03-21 21:28:13 UTC

Currently RHEL 5 comes with smartmontools 5.36, while the latest one (currently
5.38) appears to have a lot more entries in device database (183 vs 135) and
probably some useful bugfixes as well.

Comment 1 Aleksey Nogin 2008-03-21 21:39:08 UTC

P.S. Also, having to use an explicit "-d ata" is kind of annoying and it's nice
that 5.38 no longer requires that.

Comment 2 Tomas Smetana 2008-03-26 06:55:24 UTC

I'm not against the rebasing of smartmontools.  However this decision must be
approved by the product management.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2008-06-04 22:45:50 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 5 Tomas Smetana 2008-07-04 07:23:30 UTC

*** Bug 445728 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Tomas Smetana 2008-08-01 05:06:36 UTC

*** Bug 447978 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Tomas Smetana 2008-08-01 05:06:44 UTC

*** Bug 457374 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Tomas Smetana 2008-08-01 05:11:16 UTC

I have closed other asks for rebase (regarding the CCISS controllers) as
duplicates of this one.

Comment 10 Tomas Smetana 2008-08-01 05:14:10 UTC

The unofficial testing packages can be found here:

http://tsmetana.fedorapeople.org/smartmontools/

Comment 16 Tomas Smetana 2008-11-03 11:56:12 UTC

Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the 
"requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly.
All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

New Contents:
The smartmontools package has been upgraded to the version 5.38. The new version has a larger known devices database and improves device autodetection. The configuration files are compatible with the previous version.

Comment 17 Don Domingo 2008-11-14 01:49:40 UTC

this bug fix is now documented in the RHEL5.3 release notes. please refer to the following link within the next 24 hours or so to view the most current build:
http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.3/html-single/Release_Notes/

Comment 18 Don Domingo 2008-11-14 01:49:40 UTC

Release note updated. If any revisions are required, please set the 
"requires_release_notes"  flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly.
All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

Diffed Contents:
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-The smartmontools package has been upgraded to the version 5.38. The new version has a larger known devices database and improves device autodetection. The configuration files are compatible with the previous version.+smartmontools has been re-based to version 5.38. This update improves autodetection of hardware devices, improves support for CCISS RAID arrays, and features a larger database of supported devices.
+
+This update also fixes a bug wherein SELinux prevented smartmontools from monitoring 3ware RAID devices. smartmontools can now monitor such devices properly.

Comment 21 Michal Hlavinka 2008-12-12 07:48:27 UTC

*** Bug 476137 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 20:52:39 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-0089.html