* gnu/packages/linux.scm (sysstat): New variable.
---
gnu/packages/linux.scm | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 0c191629c..d66c0c9db 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2016 Marius Bakke <mba...@fastmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2016 Rene Saavedra <ren...@openmailbox.org>
;;; Copyright © 2016 ng0 <n...@libertad.pw>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -3271,3 +3272,39 @@ Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager. This
application can
create and destroy boot entries, change the boot order, change the next
running boot option, and more.")
(license license:gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public sysstat
+ (package
+ (name "sysstat")
+ (version "11.4.2")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "http://perso.orange.fr/sebastien.godard/";
+ "sysstat-" version ".tar.xz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0f8gk1hma3bk198ziwrhh5jhisnbbgc1v4rxhny58n0zjzw0gm0z"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ `(#:tests? #f ; No test suite.
+ ;; Without this flag, it tries to install the man pages with group
'root'
+ ;; and fails because /etc/passwd lacks an entry for the root user.
+ #:configure-flags
+ (list "--disable-file-attr"
+ (string-append "conf_dir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/etc"))
+ #:phases
+ (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ ;; The build process tries to create '/var/lib/sa', so we skip that
+ ;; instruction.
+ (add-after 'build 'skip-touching-var
+ (lambda _
+ (substitute* "Makefile"
+ (("mkdir -p \\$\\(DESTDIR\\)\\$\\(SA_DIR\\)")
+ ""))
+ #t)))))
+ (home-page "http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/";)
+ (synopsis "Performance monitoring tools for Linux")
+ (description "The sysstat utilities are a collection of performance
+monitoring tools for Linux. These include mpstat, iostat, tapestat,
cifsiostat,
+pidstat, sar, sadc, sadf and sa.")
+ (license license:gpl2+)))
--
2.11.0
