Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add sdparm.

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

Ugh,

Sorry about the spam. I was having trouble with git send-email +
Gmail, and saw a few other replies make it into the archives a few
hours ago, while mine didn't^H^H^H^Happeared not to.

Apologies, and please disregard the other almost-duplicate thread: I
got bored waiting and changed the description slightly.

Kind regards,

T G-R

On 2 February 2016 at 08:04,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
>
> * gnu/packages/disk.scm (sdparm): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/disk.scm | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/disk.scm b/gnu/packages/disk.scm
> index d806e0c..6e824d2 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/disk.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/disk.scm
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <address@hidden>
> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -144,3 +145,29 @@ to recover data more efficiently by only reading the 
> necessary blocks.")
>       "The dosfstools package includes the mkfs.fat and fsck.fat utilities,
>  which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems.")
>      (license gpl3+)))
> +
> +(define-public sdparm
> +  (package
> +    (name "sdparm")
> +    (version "1.09")
> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method url-fetch)
> +       (uri (string-append "http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/";
> +                           name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
> +      (sha256
> +       (base32
> +        "0jakqyjwi72zqjzss04bally0xl0lc4710mx8da08vpmir1hfphg"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (home-page "http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html";)
> +    (synopsis "Provide access to SCSI device parameters")
> +    (description "Sdparm reads and modifies SCSI device parameters.
> +These devices can be SCSI disks, in which case @command{sdparm}'s role is
> +similar to its namesake: the Linux @command{hdparm} utility originally
> +designed for ATA disks.  However, @command{sdparm} can be used to access
> +parameters on any device that uses a SCSI command set.  Such devices
> +include CD/DVD drives (irrespective of transport), SCSI and ATAPI tape
> +drives, and SCSI enclosures.  A small set of commands associated with
> +starting and stopping the media, loading and unloading removable media
> +and some other housekeeping functions can also be sent with this utility.")
> +    (license bsd-3)))
> --
> 2.7.0
>