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FS#37550 - [smartmontools] improve smartmontools package description

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Damian Nowak (Nowaker) - Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 11:18 GMT
Last edited by Giovanni Scafora (giovanni) - Sunday, 08 December 2013, 10:56 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 4.1.2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

People commonly refer to this application as `smartctl`. It's hard to find it when description doesn't say anything about smartctl. Only gsmartcontrol is reachable through pacman -Ss smartctl.
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Closed by  Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Sunday, 08 December 2013, 10:56 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Karol Błażewicz (karol) - Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 12:34 GMT
Use pkgfile: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ#Q.29_In_which_package_is_X.3F
Comment by Damian Nowak (Nowaker) - Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 12:42 GMT
No. There is no reason why gsmartcontrol has explicitly "smartctl" in its description, while smartmontools does not.
Comment by John (graysky) - Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 17:52 GMT
Does gmsartcontrol only provide a GUI for smartctl? If so, I think the descriptions are accurate.

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