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  • libsmbios/smbios-utils removed from Debian?

    From =?iso-8859-1?Q?V=E1clav_Ovs=EDk?=@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 20 23:00:01 2025
    Hi,
    I noticed a removal of the package from unstable:

    https://tracker.debian.org/news/1626825/removed-243-2-from-unstable/ https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libsmbios

    I am frequently using getSystemId to reveal the HW info. Especially the Dell Service Tag. Yes the Service Tag can be discovered using dmidecode, but this
    is the less comfortable way.
    I am surprised the smbios-utils is removed from unstable.
    --
    Zito

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  • From Thomas Schmitt@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 20 23:10:02 2025
    Hi,

    Václav Ovsík wrote:
    https://tracker.debian.org/news/1626825/removed-243-2-from-unstable/ https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libsmbios
    [...]
    I am surprised the smbios-utils is removed from unstable.

    https://tracker.debian.org/news/1626825/removed-243-2-from-unstable/
    links to the discussion which led to the removal:
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1099864


    Have a nice day :)

    Thomas

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  • From =?iso-8859-1?Q?V=E1clav_Ovs=EDk?=@21:1/5 to Thomas Schmitt on Fri Mar 21 00:00:01 2025
    Hi Thomas,

    On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 11:09:47PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
    …
    https://tracker.debian.org/news/1626825/removed-243-2-from-unstable/
    links to the discussion which led to the removal:
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1099864

    OK, I understand there is no high level utility now, but the information
    can be gathered from e.g.

    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_family
    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name
    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial

    I hope some alternative for friendly displaying the information will
    appear soon.

    Have a nice day
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    Zito

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  • From Thomas Schmitt@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 21 08:50:01 2025
    Hi,

    Václav Ovsík wrote:
    I hope some alternative for friendly displaying the information will
    appear soon.

    Well, firstly this would need one of more developers for the upstream
    project, who would just need to be sufficiently skilled programmers.
    Secondly this project would need to find a Debian maintainer who is
    willing to adopt it or to coach and sponsor the upstream programmer(s)
    so that an Debian package of the project can emerge.

    I myself am in the situation of upstream programmer with Debian
    sponsor. My cheat sheet for Debian package preparation has about 130
    lines of program runs and comments for three source packages:
    libburn, libisofs, and libisoburn.
    There are multiple ways to do the Debian work. So it will depend on
    the sponsor which one is best for the task.


    the information can be gathered from e.g.
    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_family
    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name
    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial

    A start for such an upstream project could be a program which takes
    orders from the user to look up particular information from these files.


    Have a nice day :)

    Thomas

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