drobo-utils out of date - "No Drobos detected" for newer models of Drobo

Bug #1872402 reported by James Cuzella
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Bug Description

drobo-utils package is out of date with upstream.

Ubuntu version: 0.6.1+repack-2
Upstream version: 0.6.2.2

This project needs to be updated to support newer Drobo models with vendor string "Drobo". Older models have a different string "Data Robotics". Details can be found here:

http://drobo-utils.sourceforge.net/#no-drobos-discovered

Running the following command will result in "No Drobos discovered":

    $ sudo drobom -v 16 status
    examining: /dev/sdh
    id: (15, 0, 0, 0, 'Drobo\x00\x00\x00')
    rejected: vendor is Drobo (not from DRI)
    examining: /dev/sdi
    id: (15, 0, 0, 1, 'Drobo\x00\x00\x00')
    rejected: vendor is Drobo (not from DRI)
    returning list: []
    No Drobos discovered

Updating the package to the pre-built one from SourceForge adds support for newer models of Drobo.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/drobo-utils/files/

Confirmed working on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic)!

Running same command after updating drobo-utils to latest works:

    $ sudo drobom -v 16 status
    examining: /dev/sda
    [...SNIP...]
    examining: /dev/sdh
    id: (15, 0, 0, 0, 'Drobo\x00\x00\x00')
    found a Drobo
    appending new lundevs to devices: [['/dev/sda'], ['/dev/sdb'], ['/dev/sdc'], ['/dev/sdd'],['/dev/sde'], ['/dev/sdf'], ['/dev/sdg']]
    examining: /dev/sdi
    id: (15, 0, 0, 1, 'Drobo\x00\x00\x00')
    found a Drobo
    appending to lundevs...
    returning list: [['/dev/sda'], ['/dev/sdb'], ['/dev/sdc'], ['/dev/sdd'], ['/dev/sde'], ['/dev/sdf'], ['/dev/sdg'], ['/dev/sdh', '/dev/sdi']]
    trying: ['/dev/sda']
    trying: ['/dev/sdb']
    [...SNIP...]
    trying: ['/dev/sdh', '/dev/sdi']
    cfg: (6, 16, 17592186044416)
    settings: (1586734106, 8, 'Drobo')
    found [['/dev/sdh', '/dev/sdi']]
    cfg: (6, 16, 17592186044416)
    settings: (1586734106, 8, 'Drobo')
    /dev/sdh:/dev/sdi /media/Drobo:/media/DroboTimeMachineBackups Drobo 94% full - (['Yellow alert'], 0)

summary: - drobo-utils
+ drobo-utils out of date - "No Drobos detected" for newer models of Drobo
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