This affects smartmontools and not cron ** Package changed: cron (Ubuntu) => smartmontools (Ubuntu)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cron in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2107309 Title: smartmontools.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string: smartd_opts Status in smartmontools package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Output of lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Release: 24.04 apt-cache policy smartmontools smartmontools: Installed: 7.4-2build1 Candidate: 7.4-2build1 Version table: *** 7.4-2build1 500 500 https://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status This warning (not error) appears in journalctl log: smartmontools.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string: smartd_opts Fix: Add one line to /etc/default/smartmontools setting smartd_opts to an empty string Existing file /etc/default/smartmontools: # Defaults for smartmontools initscript (/etc/init.d/smartmontools) # This is a POSIX shell fragment # List of devices you want to explicitly enable S.M.A.R.T. for # Not needed (and not recommended) if the device is monitored by smartd #enable_smart="/dev/hda /dev/hdb" # uncomment to pass additional options to smartd on startup #smartd_opts="--interval=1800" File with fix (additional line) added: # Defaults for smartmontools initscript (/etc/init.d/smartmontools) # This is a POSIX shell fragment # List of devices you want to explicitly enable S.M.A.R.T. for # Not needed (and not recommended) if the device is monitored by smartd #enable_smart="/dev/hda /dev/hdb" # uncomment to pass additional options to smartd on startup #smartd_opts="--interval=1800" smartd_opts="" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smartmontools/+bug/2107309/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp