Changes between Version 138 and Version 139 of Download

Timestamp:

Dec 30, 2019, 10:36:14 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Christian Franke

Comment:

Update info about drivedb.h

Download

@@ -202 +202 @@
   sudo /usr/sbin/update-smart-drivedb
 }}}
-This command uses [https://curl.haxx.se/ curl], [https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ wget] or [http://lynx.invisible-island.net/ lynx] for download. A proxy server can be specified by the environment variable {{{http_proxy}}} (lower case only), see the man pages of the above commands.
+This command uses [https://curl.haxx.se/ curl], [https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ wget] or [https://lynx.invisible-island.net/ lynx] for download. A proxy server can be specified by the environment variable `https_proxy` (lower case only), see the man pages of the tools for details.
+
+The downloaded file is verified with OpenPGP/GPG key ID `721042C5`.
+The public key block is [source:/trunk/smartmontools/update-smart-drivedb.in?rev=4879#L264 included in the script].
+It is also available at [https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=0x721042C5&fingerprint=on&op=index Key Servers] but there is no need to import it into a local keyring.
+
+'''Download scripts from smartmontools older than 7.0 do no longer work due to changes of download URLs and/or the signing key.''' The script from newer releases could also be used for older releases if the line `BRANCH=RELEASE_X_Y` is adjusted accordingly.
 
 The Windows package provides {{{update-smart-drivedb.exe}}}. It reads the proxy configuration from IE registry key.
-
-'''The above update method does no longer work for smartmontools older than 6.5.'''
-The {{{update-smart-drivedb}}} tools from 5.40 to 6.1 use a download URL which is no longer valid since sourceforge platform upgrades.
-Releases 6.2 to 6.4 of the script use a HTTP URL which does no longer work since sourceforge site changed to HTTPS-only.
 
 The {{{drivedb.h}}} file can be viewed or downloaded ([[Image(/chrome/common/download.png)]]) using the Trac browser: 
@@ -221 +223 @@
 [source:/branches/RELEASE_6_5_DRIVEDB/smartmontools/drivedb.h 6.5],
 [source:/branches/RELEASE_6_6_DRIVEDB/smartmontools/drivedb.h 6.6],
+[source:/branches/RELEASE_7_0_DRIVEDB/smartmontools/drivedb.h 7.0-7.1],
 [source:/trunk/smartmontools/drivedb.h trunk].[[BR]]
-(no longer maintained:
+The following branches are no longer maintained:
 [source:/branches/RELEASE_5_39_DRIVEDB/smartmontools/drivedb.h 5.39],
-[source:/branches/RELEASE_5_40_DRIVEDB/smartmontools/drivedb.h 5.40])
+[source:/branches/RELEASE_5_40_DRIVEDB/smartmontools/drivedb.h 5.40].
 
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