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On 27/12/2024 21:30, David W. Hodgins wrote:

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:13:24 -0500, Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

I installed sysstat-12.7.2-2.mga9.x86_64, but I can find no sign of the
sysstat.service file nor the timers that I believe should have been
installed.
Can someone confirm the failure, or alternatively send the appropriate
files?
Thanks,

It's configured to use cron.

# rpm -q -l sysstat|grep -i -e cron -e read
/etc/cron.daily/sysstat
/etc/cron.hourly/sysstat
/usr/share/doc/sysstat/README.md

Regards, Dave Hodgins

Thanks, Dave. Is that a decision by the Mageia packagers? Because all
other references I've seen, including the README you referenced all use systemd features.
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Grimble
Machine 'Haydn' running Plasma 5.27.10 on 6.6.65-desktop-2.mga9 kernel.
Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64
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On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:54:28 -0500, Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On 27/12/2024 21:30, David W. Hodgins wrote:

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:13:24 -0500, Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:

I installed sysstat-12.7.2-2.mga9.x86_64, but I can find no sign of the
sysstat.service file nor the timers that I believe should have been
installed.
Can someone confirm the failure, or alternatively send the appropriate
files?
Thanks,

It's configured to use cron.

# rpm -q -l sysstat|grep -i -e cron -e read
/etc/cron.daily/sysstat
/etc/cron.hourly/sysstat
/usr/share/doc/sysstat/README.md

Regards, Dave Hodgins

Thanks, Dave. Is that a decision by the Mageia packagers? Because all
other references I've seen, including the README you referenced all use systemd features.

It's one of a number of packages that have been present in Mageia since before the transition to
systemd started. While new versions have been merged into it, switching it to use the systemd
units hasn't been done.

Keep in mind that Mageia policy recommends such a transistion should include migrating from
the cron startup to systemd startup for the users who upgrade from prior versions, so it isn't
just selecting the systemd startup during package building. That could be done via documentation
(release notes) in a new Mageia release, but has not been done yet.

According to https://maintdb.mageia.org/sysstat the package does not have a dedicated
packager, which means it currently only gets updated when a cve is issued for a security
update.

I don't have a cauldron install any more (my desktop system died), so don't know if it has
been changed for Mageia 10. I haven't been following it to see what's changing.

Regards, Dave Hodgins
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