[Bug 1403681] [NEW] `service smartmontools status` broken on 10.04, smartmontools 5.38-3ubuntu3 (always replies "* is not running")

[Dan Beam]

Public bug reported:

Package: smartmontools 5.38-3ubuntu3
Affected Ubuntu Versions: 10.04 (still in use there, supported until 4/17 as it's LTS)
Defect: looks like smartmontools is never running

Without the patch:

  $ sudo service smartmontools status
   *  is not running

Notice the missing daemon name ("smartd").  This is because
/etc/init.d/smartmontools is passing undefined variables ($SMARTDPID,
$SMARTD),  to `status_of_proc` in /lsb/lsb/init-functions.

With the patch:

  $ sudo service smartmontools status
   * smartd is running

Fixing patch attached.

I believe this has been fixed in smartmontools' 5.39 branch[1] and
trunk[2]

[1] http://svn.code.sf.net/p/smartmontools/code/branches/RELEASE_5_39_BRANCH/smartmontools/smartd.initd.in
[2] http://svn.code.sf.net/p/smartmontools/code/trunk/smartmontools/smartd.initd.in

** Affects: smartmontools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Patch added: "patching wrong file, but really simple to apply to this package (couldn't find correct location)"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1403681/+attachment/4283186/+files/smartmontools.patch

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Title:
  `service smartmontools status` broken on 10.04, smartmontools
  5.38-3ubuntu3 (always replies "*  is not running")

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