Bug#766429: sysstat service will not start on machines with systemd

[Michael Biebl]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 20:17:19 -0500 Preston Maness
<aggroskater at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: sysstat
> Version: 11.0.1-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> It is currently not possible to start sysstat on a systemd enabled
> system:
> 
>   # service sysstat start
>   Failed to start sysstat.service: Unit sysstat.service failed to load:
>   No such file or directory.
>   # /etc/init.d/sysstat start
>   [....] Starting sysstat (via systemctl): sysstat.serviceFailed to
>   start sysstat.service: Unit sysstat.service failed to load: No such file
>   or directory.
>   failed!
> 
> It does not look like the package currently provides any of the
> necessary systemd files, and attempting to utilize the default one
> suggested upstream does not work.

Thanks Robert for forwarding the issue to us.

Preston, did you try to start sysstat directly after installing the package?
If you run "systemctl daemon-reload", does "service sysstat start" work
then?


Michael

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