id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc 1426,update-smart-drivedb: Allow update from other URLs or local files,Paul Wise,Christian Franke,"I think it would be nice if the Debian package maintainer did not have to re-implement the checks implemented by update-smart-drivedb (including the ones suggested in #1424) in the Debian postinstall script, so I suggest that a --local-dir option for update-smart-drivedb could be used to make it look at a local directory for the drivedb.h copy installed by the Debian package, perform the necessary checks and then update the canonical drivedb.h in /var. Then the Debian postinstall script could just run update-smart-drivedb --local-dir, passing the directory in the package where the necessary files are installed. I have CCed onlyjob, the Debian package maintainer.",enhancement,closed,minor,Release 7.3,all,,fixed,,onlyjob