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    From Grimble@2:250/1 to All on Friday, December 27, 2024 14:13:24
    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,
    --
    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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  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Grimble on Friday, December 27, 2024 21:50:04

    Hello Grimble!

    27 Dec 24 14:13, Grimble wrote to all:

    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,


    Silly question may be - have you rebooted since installing ?



    Vincent



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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Friday, December 27, 2024 21:30:16
    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

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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Saturday, December 28, 2024 15:48:15
    On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:50:04 -0500, Vincent Coen <VBCoen@gmail.com> wrote:


    Hello Grimble!

    27 Dec 24 14:13, Grimble wrote to all:

    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,


    Silly question may be - have you rebooted since installing ?

    It doesn't have any components that run at boot, although since it uses cron hourly and daily,
    crond.service must be enabled and running.

    Check "systemctl status crond.service".

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From Grimble@2:250/1 to All on Monday, December 30, 2024 14:54:28
    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.

    --
    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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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Monday, December 30, 2024 16:39:27
    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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