sysstat-12.7.4

[Bruce Dubbs]

The package is now on github. There are no releases, but there are tags.

​https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/tags

I haven't figured out a download url yet, but the only tags are .gz tarballs, not .xz.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Changes:

2023/06/18: Version 12.7.4

• Makefile.in: Fix installation error.
• Makefile.in: Remove gcc warning displayed in LTO mode.

2023/06/16: Version 12.7.3

• sar: Add new option '-x' used to display extended reports.
• Fix an overflow which is still possible for some values.
• Fix export of PSI metrics to a PCP archive.
• Tools that take --dec=X option should only accept digits.
• common.c: Fix an overflow which was still possible for some values.
• iostat: Try to avoid displaying negative values.
• Free pointer if realloc() fails.
• Don't check if unsigned expressions are less than zero.
• Declare parameters with "const" when possible.
• Remove conditions which are always true.
• Reduce variables scope when relevant.
• Don't assign values that are never used.
• Fix types used in format strings.
• Split large functions into smaller ones.
• Specify field width when using sscanf() function.
• search_list_item(): Return position in list instead of a boolean.
• add_list_item(): Also return item position in liste
• svg_stats.c: Ignore negative values for fields position.
• svg_stats.c: Reuse buffers pointers definition.
• svg_stats.c: Reuse intermediate calculations.
• svg_stats.c: Don't repeat test on DISPLAY_CPU_DEF().
• sa_common.c: Don't use (void *) pointer in calculation.
• iostat.c: Clarify calculation precedence for '+' and '?'.
• sar/sadf: Refactor buffer allocation functions.
• sar/sadf: Add a check on file's records header data.
• sar/sadf: Stop when invalid data are read in records header.
• sar/sadf: Check upper bounds of value read from file.
• sadf_misc.c: Fix indentation in code.
• activity.c: Init item_list even for other commands than sadf.
• sa_conv.c: Reallocate buffers only when needed.
• sa_conv.c: Fix untrusted allocation size.
• pr_stats.c: Remove some dead code.
• sar.c: Make sure buffer is null terminated.
• do_test: Add several new options.
• do_test: Don't strip binaries when in TEST mode.
• Update non regression tests.
• simtest: Change default _unix_time value.
• Makefile.in: Simplify dependencies.
• Makefile_in: Small update made to copyyear target.
• sadf: XML: Update DTD and XSD documents.
• sadf: XML: Remove references to my personal web site.
• Restore mode for iconfig file.
• Fix typo in sar's manual page. Sar manual page updated.
• Other manual pages updated.

[Bruce Dubbs]

We will want to add --disable-compress-manpg

We might wan to change 'conf_dir=/etc/sysconfig' to 'conf_dir=/etc/sysstat'

[Bruce Dubbs]

A better site and url:

​https://sysstat.github.io/sysstat-packages/sysstat-12.7.4.tar.xz

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commits:

bba4499b7a Update to sysstat-12.7.4.
c1caa22f6e Update to udisks-2.10.1.