hdparm Ignores Order of Command-Line Flags.

[Ralph Corderoy]

Binary package hint: hdparm

Ubuntu 7.10, hdparm 7.5-1ubuntu1. hdparm(1) doesn't point out that the
options aren't interpreted in the order they're given but instead in a
fixed order. This causes problems when /etc/hdparm.conf contains

    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST320423A_3EJ0GMSY {
        # 5 second units * 60 == 5 minutes.
        spindown_time = 60
        standby
    }

because

    hdparm -S60 -y /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST320423A_3EJ0GMSY

is run but the `standby now' is done first, then wiped-out by setting
the `idle time' to five minutes.

    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST320423A_3EJ0GMSY:
     issuing standby command
     setting standby to 60 (5 minutes)

which results in the drive state (-C) still being `active/idle'.

Either hdparm needs to be altered to process options in the command-line
order, or hdparm(8) needs to be very clear that the order is fixed, what
the order is, and that multiple invocations of hdparm may be required as
a workaround.

[jtniehof (jtniehof)]

Confirmed in hdparm 9.15-1ubuntu4, Ubuntu 9.10, using the submitter's suggested command line (hdparm -S60 -y).

[jtniehof (jtniehof)]

Reported upstream: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2917692&group_id=136732&atid=736682