Custom Query (1417 matches)

When curl is used in the drivedb update script it does not follow the redirect as given by sourceforge for http to https

Curl can be told to follow redirects with the -L option

Here is a simple patch that seems to solve this issue:

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 for t in $os_dltools; do
   if which $t >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
     case $t in
-      curl)  DOWNLOAD="curl ${q:+-s }"'-f -o "$DEST.new" "$SRC"' ;;
+      curl)  DOWNLOAD="curl -L ${q:+-s }"'-f -o "$DEST.new" "$SRC"' ;;
       lynx)  DOWNLOAD='lynx -source "$SRC" >"$DEST.new"' ;;
       wget)  DOWNLOAD="wget $q"'-O "$DEST.new" "$SRC"' ;;
       fetch) DOWNLOAD='fetch -o "$DEST.new" "$SRC"' ;; # FreeBSD

As an alternative the URL for the updates could be modified to look to https instead of http:

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 SMARTCTL="$sbindir/smartctl"

 # Download URL for sourceforge code browser
-SRCEXPR='http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/$location/smartmontools/drivedb.h?format=raw'
+SRCEXPR='https://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/$location/smartmontools/drivedb.h?format=raw'

 # Parse options
 q="-q "

same as #338 but for a different device with bcd 28.01 lsusb and patch attached. Tested.