[Bug 1209085] Re: update-smart-drivedb uses old download link

[Andreas Hasenack]

update-smart-drivedb was dropped in 6.4+svn4214-1:

smartmontools (6.4+svn4214-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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  [ Jonathan Dowland ]
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  * Get rid of update-smart-drivedb. Closes: #783317, #804299, #706909.
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 -- Jonathan Dowland <jmtd at debian.org>  Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:21:58 +0000

So the last ubuntu release that is still supported and has this bug is trusty. As others have pointed out, adding -L to curl's command line fixes that case:
--- a/update-smart-drivedb.in
+++ b/update-smart-drivedb.in
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ download()
 
   case $tool in
     curl)
-      vrun curl ${q:+-s} -f --max-redirs 0 \
+      vrun curl ${q:+-s} -f -L --max-redirs 0 \


** Also affects: smartmontools (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: smartmontools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

** Changed in: smartmontools (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: smartmontools (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Tags removed: precise
** Tags added: bitesize trusty

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