410567 – sys-block/noflushd-2.8 version bump

Bug 410567 - sys-block/noflushd-2.8 version bump

Summary: sys-block/noflushd-2.8 version bump

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

URL:	http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:	EBUILD, PATCH

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Blocks:

Reported:	2012-04-02 14:36 UTC by Holger Hoffstätte
Modified:	2013-10-10 18:24 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Runtime testing required:	---

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Trivial fix to fetch correct tarball (noflushd-2.8.ebuild.patch,500 bytes, patch) 2012-04-02 14:37 UTC, Holger Hoffstätte	Details \| Diff
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Description Holger Hoffstätte 2012-04-02 14:36:49 UTC

noflushd shuts down block devices that are not in use; this can significantly save power/noise/heat when multiple drives are used for archival/backups etc.
The version in portage is very old and does not even work correctly any longer with newer kernels/SATA drives, see $URL for my upstream bug report in 2004 (!).
The latest version 2.8 from 2010 fixes this problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run noflushd on kernel >2.6.9 with a SATA drive
2. it doesn't work
3. :(


Expected Results:  
noflushd should work with recent kernels & drives

Comment 1 Holger Hoffstätte 2012-04-02 14:37:45 UTC

Created attachment 307501 [details, diff]
Trivial fix to fetch correct tarball

Comment 2 Tony Vroon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-10-10 18:24:35 UTC

+*noflushd-2.8 (10 Oct 2013)
+
+  10 Oct 2013; Tony Vroon <chainsaw@gentoo.org> +noflushd-2.8.ebuild:
+  Version bump, as requested by Holger Hoffstätte in bug #410567.