Author: randy Date: 2009-02-09 13:50:20 -0700 (Mon, 09 Feb 2009) New Revision: 7749
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Log: Updated to Sysstat-8.0.4.1 Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml 2009-02-08 17:57:31 UTC (rev 7748) +++ trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml 2009-02-09 20:50:20 UTC (rev 7749) @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ <!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 "46a6af9c5486809c4f1fb4f8fcdf2684"> - <!ENTITY sysstat-size "124 KB"> - <!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize "2 MB"> + <!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum "8352760480604419cdca748cd2e28d57"> + <!ENTITY sysstat-size "181 KB"> + <!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize "3 MB"> <!ENTITY sysstat-time "less than 0.1 SBU"> ]> @@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ <para>Install <application>Sysstat</application> by running the following commands:</para> -<screen><userinput>make config && +<!-- <screen><userinput>make config && +make</userinput></screen> --> + +<screen><userinput>sa_lib_dir=/usr/lib/sa \ + sa_dir=/var/log/sa \ + conf_dir=/etc/sysconfig \ + ./configure --prefix=/usr \ + --disable-man-group && make</userinput></screen> <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> @@ -89,17 +96,37 @@ <sect2 role="commands"> <title>Command Explanations</title> - <para><command>make config</command>: Runs the interactive configuration + <!-- <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>. + <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.</para> + keep a larger number of files.</para> --> + <para><envar>sa_lib_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the + location of the package-specific library directory.</para> + + <para><envar>sa_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the + location of the directory containing the data files.</para> + + <para><envar>conf_dir</envar>: This environment variable specifies the + location of the system configuration directory.</para> + + <para><parameter>--disable-man-group</parameter>: This parameter causes + the installation to ignore the man group variable resulting in the man + files having + <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:<systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem> + ownership.</para> + + <para>Run <command>./configure --help</command> to see other influential + environment variables you can pass to <command>configure</command>. You may + want to use the <envar>history</envar> and <envar>compressafter</envar> + variables to customize the amount of data files kept on the system.</para> + </sect2> <sect2 role="configuration"> @@ -110,7 +137,7 @@ <para>To begin gathering <application>Sysstat</application> history information, you must add to, or create a privileged user's crontab. The - default history data location is + history data location is <filename class="directory">/var/log/sa</filename>. The user running <application>Sysstat</application> utilities via cron must have write access to this location.</para> @@ -164,7 +191,7 @@ <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle> <seglistitem> - <seg>iostat, mpstat, sar, sa1, sa2, sadc and sadf</seg> + <seg>iostat, mpstat, pidstat, sar, sa1, sa2, sadc and sadf</seg> <seg>None</seg> <seg>/usr/lib/sa, /usr/share/doc/sysstat-&sysstat-version; and /var/log/sa</seg> @@ -198,6 +225,17 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="pidstat"> + <term><command>pidstat</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>is used for monitoring individual tasks currently being managed + by the Linux kernel.</para> + <indexterm zone="sysstat pidstat"> + <primary sortas="b-pidstat">pidstat</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="sar"> <term><command>sar</command></term> <listitem> Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2009-02-08 17:57:31 UTC (rev 7748) +++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2009-02-09 20:50:20 UTC (rev 7749) @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $Date$ --> -<!ENTITY day "08"> <!-- Always 2 digits --> +<!ENTITY day "09"> <!-- Always 2 digits --> <!ENTITY month "02"> <!-- Always 2 digits --> <!ENTITY year "2009"> <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;"> @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ <!ENTITY pkgconfig-version "0.23"> <!ENTITY cpio-version "2.9"> <!ENTITY mc-version "4.6.1"> -<!ENTITY sysstat-version "7.0.4"> +<!ENTITY sysstat-version "8.0.4.1"> <!ENTITY apache-ant-version "1.7.1"> <!ENTITY dbus-version "1.2.4"> <!ENTITY hal-version "0.5.9.1"> Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2009-02-08 17:57:31 UTC (rev 7748) +++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2009-02-09 20:50:20 UTC (rev 7749) @@ -42,11 +42,20 @@ --> <listitem> + <para>February 9th, 2009</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[randy] - Updated to Sysstat-8.0.4.1.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>February 8th, 2009</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>[ag] - Updated to ed-1.2. Added --bindir=/bin switch and - removed the make install-man command.</para> + <para>[ag] - Updated to ed-1.2. Added --bindir=/bin switch and + removed the make install-man command.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>[ag] - Updated to reiserfs-3.6.21.</para> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
