#! /bin/sh
#
# smartmontools drive database update script
#
# Home page of code is: http://www.smartmontools.org
#
# Copyright (C) 2010-18 Christian Franke
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# $Id: update-smart-drivedb.in 4879 2018-12-28 22:05:12Z chrfranke $
#
set -e
# Set by config.status
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
PACKAGE="smartmontools"
VERSION="7.0"
prefix="/usr"
exec_prefix="/usr"
sbindir="/usr/sbin"
datarootdir="${prefix}/share"
datadir="/usr/share"
drivedbdir="${datadir}/${PACKAGE}"
# Download tools
os_dltools="curl wget lynx svn"
# drivedb.h update branch
BRANCH="RELEASE_7_0_DRIVEDB"
# Default drivedb location
DRIVEDB="$drivedbdir/drivedb.h"
# GnuPG used to verify signature (disabled if empty)
GPG="gpg"
# Smartctl used for syntax check
SMARTCTL="$sbindir/smartctl"
# PATH information for help and error messages
#pathinfo='$PATH'
pathinfo="'$PATH'"
myname=$0
usage()
{
pathinfo="
$pathinfo"
cat <<EOF
smartmontools $VERSION drive database update script
Usage: $myname [OPTIONS] [DESTFILE]
-s SMARTCTL Use SMARTCTL for syntax check ('-s -' to disable)
[default: $SMARTCTL]
-t TOOL Use TOOL for download: $os_dltools
[default: first one found in $pathinfo]
-u LOCATION Use URL of LOCATION for download:
github (GitHub mirror of SVN repository)
sf (Sourceforge code browser)
svn (SVN repository) [default]
svni (SVN repository via HTTP instead of HTTPS)
trac (Trac code browser)
--trunk Download from SVN trunk (may require '--no-verify')
--cacert FILE Use CA certificates from FILE to verify the peer
--capath DIR Use CA certificate files from DIR to verify the peer
--insecure Don't abort download if certificate verification fails
--no-verify Don't verify signature
--export-key Print the OpenPGP/GPG public key block
--dryrun Print download commands only
-v Verbose output
Updates $DRIVEDB
or DESTFILE from branches/$BRANCH of smartmontools
SVN repository.
EOF
exit 1
}
error()
{
echo "$myname: $*" >&2
exit 1
}
err_notfound()
{
case $1 in
*/*) error "$1: not found $2" ;;
*) error "$1: not found in $pathinfo $2" ;;
esac
}
warning()
{
echo "$myname: (Warning) $*" >&2
}
selecturl()
{
case $1 in
github) # https://github.com/smartmontools/smartmontools/raw/origin/$BRANCH/smartmontools/drivedb.h
# https://github.com/smartmontools/smartmontools/raw/master/smartmontools/drivedb.h
# redirected to:
url='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smartmontools/smartmontools/master/smartmontools/drivedb.h' ;;
sf) url='https://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/drivedb.h?format=raw' ;;
svn) url='https://svn.code.sf.net/p/smartmontools/code/trunk/smartmontools/drivedb.h' ;;
svni) url='http://svn.code.sf.net/p/smartmontools/code/trunk/smartmontools/drivedb.h' ;;
trac) url='https://www.smartmontools.org/export/HEAD/trunk/smartmontools/drivedb.h' ;;
*) usage ;;
esac
}
inpath()
{
local d rc save
rc=1
save=$IFS
IFS=':'
for d in $PATH; do
test -f "$d/$1" || continue
test -x "$d/$1" || continue
rc=0
break
done
IFS=$save
return $rc
}
vecho()
{
test -n "$q" || echo "$*"
}
# vrun COMMAND ARGS...
vrun()
{
if [ -n "$dryrun" ]; then
echo "$*"
elif [ -n "$q" ]; then
"$@" 2>/dev/null
else
echo "$*"
"$@"
fi
}
# vrun2 OUTFILE COMMAND ARGS...
vrun2()
{
local f err rc
f=$1; shift
rc=0
if [ -n "$dryrun" ]; then
echo "$* > $f"
else
vecho "$* > $f"
err=`"$@" 2>&1 > $f` || rc=$?
if [ -n "$err" ]; then
vecho "$err" >&2
test $rc != 0 || rc=42
fi
fi
return $rc
}
# download URL FILE
download()
{
local f u rc
u=$1; f=$2
rc=0
case $tool in
curl)
vrun curl ${q:+-s} -f --max-redirs 0 \
${cacert:+--cacert "$cacert"} \
${capath:+--capath "$capath"} \
${insecure:+--insecure} \
-o "$f" "$u" || rc=$?
;;
wget)
vrun wget $q --max-redirect=0 \
${cacert:+--ca-certificate="$cacert"} \
${capath:+--ca-directory="$capath"} \
${insecure:+--no-check-certificate} \
-O "$f" "$u" || rc=$?
;;
lynx)
test -z "$cacert" || vrun export SSL_CERT_FILE="$cacert"
test -z "$capath" || vrun export SSL_CERT_DIR="$capath"
# Check also stderr as lynx does not return != 0 on HTTP error
vrun2 "$f" lynx -stderr -noredir -source "$u" || rc=$?
;;
svn)
vrun svn $q export \
--non-interactive --no-auth-cache \
${cacert:+--config-option "servers:global:ssl-trust-default-ca=no"} \
${cacert:+--config-option "servers:global:ssl-authority-files=$cacert"} \
${insecure:+--trust-server-cert} \
"$u" "$f" || rc=$?
;;
fetch) # FreeBSD
vrun fetch $q --no-redirect \
${cacert:+--ca-cert "$cacert"} \
${capath:+--ca-path "$capath"} \
${insecure:+--no-verify-hostname} \
-o "$f" "$u" || rc=$?
;;
ftp) # OpenBSD
vrun ftp \
${cacert:+-S cafile="$cacert"} \
${capath:+-S capath="$capath"} \
${insecure:+-S dont} \
-o "$f" "$u" || rc=$?
;;
*) error "$tool: unknown (internal error)" ;;
esac
return $rc
}
# check_file FILE FIRST_CHAR MIN_SIZE MAX_SIZE
check_file()
{
local firstchar f maxsize minsize size
test -z "$dryrun" || return 0
f=$1; firstchar=$2; minsize=$3; maxsize=$4
# Check first chars
case `dd if="$f" bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null` in
$firstchar) ;;
\<) echo "HTML error message"; return 1 ;;
*) echo "unknown file contents"; return 1 ;;
esac
# Check file size
size=`wc -c < "$f"`
if test "$size" -lt $minsize; then
echo "too small file size $size bytes"
return 1
fi
if test "$size" -gt $maxsize; then
echo "too large file size $size bytes"
return 1
fi
return 0
}
# unexpand_svn_id < INFILE > OUTFILE
unexpand_svn_id()
{
sed 's,\$''Id'': drivedb\.h [0-9][0-9]* 2[-0-9]* [012][:0-9]*Z [a-z][a-z0-9]* \$,$''Id''$,'
}
# Smartmontools Signing Key (through 2020)
# <smartmontools-database@listi.jpberlin.de>
# Key ID 721042C5
public_key="\
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"
# gpg_verify FILE.asc FILE
gpg_verify()
{
local gnupgtmp opts out rc
opts="--quiet ${q:+--no-secmem-warnin} --batch --no-tty"
# Create temp home dir
gnupgtmp="$tmpdir/.gnupg.$$.tmp"
rm -f -r "$gnupgtmp"
mkdir "$gnupgtmp" || exit 1
chmod 0700 "$gnupgtmp"
# Import public key
"$GPG" $opts --homedir="$gnupgtmp" --import <<EOF
$public_key
EOF
test $? = 0 || exit 1
# Verify
rc=0
out=`"$GPG" $opts --homedir="$gnupgtmp" --verify "$1" "$2" </dev/null 2>&1` || rc=1
vecho "$out"
rm -f -r "$gnupgtmp"
return $rc
}
# mv_all PREFIX OLD NEW
mv_all()
{
mv "${1}${2}" "${1}${3}"
mv "${1}${2}.raw" "${1}${3}.raw"
mv "${1}${2}.raw.asc" "${1}${3}.raw.asc"
}
# Parse options
smtctl=$SMARTCTL
tool=
url=
q="-q"
dryrun=
trunk=
cacert=
capath=
insecure=
no_verify=
while true; do case $1 in
-s)
shift; test -n "$1" || usage
smtctl=$1 ;;
-t)
shift
case $1 in *\ *) usage ;; esac
case " $os_dltools " in *\ $1\ *) ;; *) usage ;; esac
tool=$1 ;;
-u)
shift; selecturl "$1" ;;
-v)
q= ;;
--dryrun)
dryrun=t ;;
--trunk)
trunk=trunk ;;
--cacert)
shift; test -n "$1" || usage
cacert=$1 ;;
--capath)
shift; test -n "$1" || usage
capath=$1 ;;
--insecure)
insecure=t ;;
--no-verify)
no_verify=t ;;
--export-key)
cat <<EOF
$public_key
EOF
exit 0 ;;
-*)
usage ;;
*)
break ;;
esac; shift; done
case $# in
0) DEST=$DRIVEDB ;;
1) DEST=$1 ;;
*) usage ;;
esac
if [ -z "$tool" ]; then
# Find download tool in PATH
for t in $os_dltools; do
if inpath "$t"; then
tool=$t
break
fi
done
test -n "$tool" || error "found none of '$os_dltools' in $pathinfo"
fi
test -n "$url" || selecturl "svn"
# Check option compatibility
case "$tool:$url" in
svn:http*://svn.code.sf.net*) ;;
svn:*) error "'-t svn' requires '-u svn' or '-u svni'" ;;
esac
case "$tool:${capath:+set}" in
svn:set) warning "'--capath' is ignored if '-t svn' is used" ;;
esac
case "${insecure:-f}:$url" in
t:http:*) insecure= ;;
?:https:*) ;;
*) error "'-u svni' requires '--insecure'" ;;
esac
case "$tool:$insecure" in
lynx:t) warning "'--insecure' is ignored if '-t lynx' is used" ;;
esac
# Check for smartctl
if [ "$smtctl" != "-" ]; then
"$smtctl" -V >/dev/null 2>&1 \
|| err_notfound "$smtctl" "('-s -' to ignore)"
fi
# Check for GnuPG
if [ -z "$no_verify" ]; then
test -n "$GPG" \
|| error "GnuPG is not available ('--no-verify' to ignore)"
"$GPG" --version >/dev/null 2>&1 \
|| err_notfound "$GPG" "('--no-verify' to ignore)"
fi
# Use destination directory as temp directory for gpg
tmpdir=`dirname "$DEST"`
# Adjust URLs
src=`echo "$url" | sed -e "s,/trunk/,/branches/$BRANCH/," \
-e "s,/master/,/origin/$BRANCH/,"`
src_asc=`echo "$src" | sed "s,/drivedb\.h,/drivedb.h.raw.asc,"`
test -z "$trunk" || src=$url
# Download
test -n "$dryrun" || rm -f "$DEST.new" "$DEST.new.raw" "$DEST.new.raw.asc"
vecho "Download ${trunk:-branches/$BRANCH}/drivedb.h with $tool"
rc=0
download "$src" "$DEST.new" || rc=$?
if [ $rc != 0 ]; then
rm -f "$DEST.new"
error "${trunk:-$BRANCH}/drivedb.h: download failed ($tool: exit $rc)"
fi
if ! errmsg=`check_file "$DEST.new" '/' 10000 1000000`; then
mv "$DEST.new" "$DEST.error"
error "$DEST.error: $errmsg"
fi
vecho "Download branches/$BRANCH/drivedb.h.raw.asc with $tool"
rc=0
download "$src_asc" "$DEST.new.raw.asc" || rc=$?
if [ $rc != 0 ]; then
rm -f "$DEST.new" "$DEST.new.raw.asc"
error "$BRANCH/drivedb.h.raw.asc: download failed ($tool: exit $rc)"
fi
if ! errmsg=`check_file "$DEST.new.raw.asc" '-' 200 2000`; then
rm -f "$DEST.new"
mv "$DEST.new.raw.asc" "$DEST.error.raw.asc"
error "$DEST.error.raw.asc: $errmsg"
fi
test -z "$dryrun" || exit 0
# Create raw file with unexpanded SVN Id
# (This assumes newlines are LF and not CR/LF)
unexpand_svn_id < "$DEST.new" > "$DEST.new.raw"
# Adjust timestamps and permissions
touch "$DEST.new" "$DEST.new.raw" "$DEST.new.raw.asc"
chmod 0644 "$DEST.new" "$DEST.new.raw" "$DEST.new.raw.asc"
if [ -z "$no_verify" ]; then
# Verify raw file
if ! gpg_verify "$DEST.new.raw.asc" "$DEST.new.raw"; then
mv_all "$DEST" ".new" ".error"
test -n "$trunk" || error "$DEST.error.raw: *** BAD signature ***"
error "$DEST.error.raw: signature from branch no longer valid ('--no-verify' to ignore)"
fi
fi
if [ "$smtctl" != "-" ]; then
# Check syntax
if ! "$smtctl" -B "$DEST.new" -P showall >/dev/null; then
mv_all "$DEST" ".new" ".error"
error "$DEST.error: rejected by $smtctl, probably no longer compatible"
fi
vecho "$smtctl: syntax OK"
fi
# Keep old file if identical, ignore missing Id keyword expansion in new file
rm -f "$DEST.lastcheck"
if [ -f "$DEST" ]; then
if [ -f "$DEST.raw" ] && [ -f "$DEST.raw.asc" ]; then
if cmp "$DEST.raw" "$DEST.new.raw" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
&& cmp "$DEST.raw.asc" "$DEST.new.raw.asc" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
&& { cmp "$DEST" "$DEST.new" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
|| cmp "$DEST.raw" "$DEST.new" >/dev/null 2>&1; }
then
rm -f "$DEST.new" "$DEST.new.raw" "$DEST.new.raw.asc"
touch "$DEST.lastcheck"
echo "$DEST is already up to date"
exit 0
fi
mv_all "$DEST" "" ".old"
else
mv "$DEST" "$DEST.old"
fi
fi
mv_all "$DEST" ".new" ""
echo "$DEST updated from ${trunk:-branches/$BRANCH}${no_verify:+ (NOT VERIFIED)}"
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In 1990, we were approached by The Voice of America, the official broadcasting agency for the United States Government. When we met with VOA, they were only a short wave radio broadcaster, but working with them, we took them into television, launching VOA-TV.
British based Oyster Yachts makes some of the finest yachts in the world. Like every other company, they had to find a way to feed the never-ending video demands of social media – sites like Instagram and TikTok. We trained the Oyster staff to tell their own stories, using only iPhones.
We were approached by SEPA, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency because they had to continually find a way to ‘feed the media beast’. The result was that SEPA was able to tell their own stories, whenever they wanted, and at almost no additional cost.
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
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