id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2196	Error in hdparm instructions	buo	blfs-book@…	"The hdparm instructions in the current svn book have an interesting bug,                                                
which causes a silent failure. See the output of the make install                                                       
command:                                                                                                               

{{{
$ make -n binprefix=/usr install                                                                                        
if [ ! -z  ]; then install -m 755 -d  ; fi                                                                              
if [ ! -z /usrsbin ]; then install -m 755 -d /usrsbin ; fi                                                              
if [ ! -z /usr/share/man ]; then install -m 755 -d /usr/share/man ; fi                                                  
if [ ! -z /usr/share/man/man8/ ]; then install -m 755 -d                                                                
/usr/share/man/man8/ ; fi                                                                                               
if [ -f /usrsbin/hdparm ]; then rm -f /usrsbin/hdparm ; fi                                                              
if [ -f /usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8 ]; then rm -f                                                                      
/usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8 ;\                                                                                         
elif [ -f /usr/man/man8/hdparm.8 ]; then rm -f /usr/man/man8/hdparm.8 ;                                                 
fi                                                                                                                      
install -D hdparm /usrsbin/hdparm                                                                                       
if [ -d /usr/share/man ]; then install -m 644 -D hdparm.8                                                               
/usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8 ;\                                                                                         
elif [ -d /usr/man ]; then install -m 644 -D hdparm.8                                                                   
/usr/man/man8/hdparm.8 ; fi                                                                                         
}}}
                                                                                                                        
Note the /usrsbin directories.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                        
This can be fixed by changing the command to include an extra / after                                                   
/usr:                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
{{{
$ make -n binprefix=/usr/ install                                                                                       
if [ ! -z  ]; then install -m 755 -d  ; fi
if [ ! -z  ]; then install -m 755 -d  ; fi                                                                              
if [ ! -z /usr/sbin ]; then install -m 755 -d /usr/sbin ; fi                                                            
if [ ! -z /usr/share/man ]; then install -m 755 -d /usr/share/man ; fi                                                  
if [ ! -z /usr/share/man/man8/ ]; then install -m 755 -d                                                                
/usr/share/man/man8/ ; fi                                                                                               
if [ -f /usr/sbin/hdparm ]; then rm -f /usr/sbin/hdparm ; fi                                                            
if [ -f /usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8 ]; then rm -f                                                                      
/usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8 ;\                                                                                         
elif [ -f /usr/man/man8/hdparm.8 ]; then rm -f /usr/man/man8/hdparm.8 ;                                                 
fi                                                                                                                      
install -D hdparm /usr/sbin/hdparm                                                                                      
if [ -d /usr/share/man ]; then install -m 644 -D hdparm.8                                                               
/usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8 ;\                                                                                         
elif [ -d /usr/man ]; then install -m 644 -D hdparm.8                                                                   
/usr/man/man8/hdparm.8 ; fi
}}}

I guess this is an error with hdparm's install system, but it's easy to fix in the book."	defect	closed	high	6.2.0	BOOK	SVN	high	fixed	hdparm