On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 02:01:21PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> * 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 <mbakke@fastmail.com>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Rene Saavedra <rennes@openmailbox.org>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 ng0 <ng0@libertad.pw>
> +;;; Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@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\\)")
> +                ""))

I would add this to the previous line

> +             #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.")

should these be @code{mpstat} ...

> +    (license license:gpl2+)))
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 

I have lumina packaged locally, it wants iostat from sysstat for some of
its functionality.

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