Author: randy Date: 2005-05-31 23:16:21 -0600 (Tue, 31 May 2005) New Revision: 4534
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Log: Updated to Sysstat-6.0.0 Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml 2005-06-01 04:01:03 UTC (rev 4533) +++ trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml 2005-06-01 05:16:21 UTC (rev 4534) @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ <!ENTITY sysstat-download-http "http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.bz2";> <!ENTITY sysstat-download-ftp "ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/status/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.bz2";> - <!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum "075488cbb5979deec0ab05f3ca0c8d12"> + <!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum "706044b99a29b7de7bf4b06310bbe6a6"> <!ENTITY sysstat-size "118 KB"> - <!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize "1.88 MB"> - <!ENTITY sysstat-time "0.04 SBU"> + <!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize "2 MB"> + <!ENTITY sysstat-time "less than 0.1 SBU"> ]> <sect1 id="sysstat" xreflabel="Sysstat-&sysstat-version;"> @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ <screen><userinput>make config && make</userinput></screen> + <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> + <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> @@ -85,14 +87,15 @@ <para><command>make config</command>: Runs the interactive configuration process. The first question prompts you for an <quote><computeroutput>Installation directory</computeroutput></quote>. - Reply with <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, as this is equivalent to - <application>Autoconf</application>'s <option>--prefix=/usr</option> parameter - to <command>configure</command>. For all other prompts, you may - press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to accept the (very sane) defaults. When - prompted for <quote><computeroutput>Number of daily data files to keep: - [7]</computeroutput></quote>, you may wish to keep a larger number of files. - However, don't exceed 25 because <application>Sysstat</application> will - resuse existing files the next month, leading to erroneous daily reports.</para> + Reply with <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, as this is + equivalent to <application>Autoconf</application>'s + <option>--prefix=/usr</option> parameter to <command>configure</command>. + For all other prompts, you may press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to accept the + (very sane) defaults. When prompted for <quote><computeroutput>Number of + daily data files to keep: [7]</computeroutput></quote>, you may wish to + keep a larger number of files. However, don't exceed 25 because + <application>Sysstat</application> will resuse existing files the next + month, leading to erroneous daily reports.</para> </sect2> @@ -136,11 +139,12 @@ <primary sortas="f-sysstat">sysstat</primary> </indexterm> - <para>At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be inserted in the daily - data file to reinitialize the kernel counters. This can be automated by - installing the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</filename> init script - included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package using - the following command:</para> + <para>At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be inserted in the + daily data file to reinitialize the kernel counters. This can be + automated by installing the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</filename> + init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> + package using the following command as the + <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-sysstat</userinput></screen> @@ -157,9 +161,10 @@ <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle> <seglistitem> - <seg>iostat, mpstat, sar, sa1, sa2, and sadc</seg> + <seg>iostat, mpstat, sar, sa1, sa2, sadc and sadf</seg> <seg>None</seg> - <seg>/usr/lib/sa and /var/log/sa</seg> + <seg>/usr/lib/sa, /usr/share/doc/sysstat-&sysstat-version; and + /var/log/sa</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> @@ -182,7 +187,8 @@ <varlistentry id="mpstat"> <term><command>mpstat</command></term> <listitem> - <para>reports individual or combined processor related statistics.</para> + <para>reports individual or combined processor related + statistics.</para> <indexterm zone="sysstat mpstat"> <primary sortas="b-mpstat">mpstat</primary> </indexterm> @@ -192,7 +198,8 @@ <varlistentry id="sar"> <term><command>sar</command></term> <listitem> - <para> collects, reports and saves system activity information.</para> + <para> collects, reports and saves system activity + information.</para> <indexterm zone="sysstat sar"> <primary sortas="b-sar">sar</primary> </indexterm> @@ -203,8 +210,8 @@ <term><command>sa1</command></term> <listitem> <para>collects and stores binary data in the system activity daily - data file. It is a front end to <filename>sadc</filename> designed to be run - from cron.</para> + data file. It is a front end to <filename>sadc</filename> designed + to be run from cron.</para> <indexterm zone="sysstat sa1"> <primary sortas="b-sa1">sa1</primary> </indexterm> @@ -233,6 +240,19 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="sadf"> + <term><command>sadf</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>is used for displaying the contents of data files created by + the <command>sar</command> command. But unlike + <command>sar</command>, <command>sadf</command> can write its data + in many different formats.</para> + <indexterm zone="sysstat sadf"> + <primary sortas="b-sadf">sadf</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </sect2> Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2005-06-01 04:01:03 UTC (rev 4533) +++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2005-06-01 05:16:21 UTC (rev 4534) @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ <!ENTITY pkgconfig-version "0.17.2"> <!ENTITY cpio-version "2.6"> <!ENTITY mc-version "4.6.0"> -<!ENTITY sysstat-version "5.1.5"> +<!ENTITY sysstat-version "6.0.0"> <!ENTITY apache-ant-version "1.6.2"> <!-- Chapter 12 --> Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2005-06-01 04:01:03 UTC (rev 4533) +++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2005-06-01 05:16:21 UTC (rev 4534) @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>June 1st, 2005 [randy]: Updated to Galeon-1.3.21.</para> + <para>June 1st, 2005 [randy]: Updated to Galeon-1.3.21 and + Sysstat-6.0.0.</para> </listitem> <listitem> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
