On Sun, 8 Apr 2007, Peter Rabbitson wrote: > Package: dstat > Version: 0.6.3-2 > Severity: important > Tags: patch > > > Dstat incorrectly adds the value from /proc/meminfo/SwapCached to the value > of Cached, resulting in skews of _used and _cach when running dstat with the > -m flag. In a discussion two months ago > (http://lists.rpmforge.net/pipermail/tools/2007-February/000714.html) > the author acknowledged that this is a problem, but no changes were ever > commited to the svn repository since. Hence I am filing a bug here, so at > least the Debian version of dstat can be permanently fixed. The fix is a > simple one liner: > > =begin patch > --- /usr/bin/dstat.org 2006-06-26 02:04:04.000000000 +0200 > +++ /usr/bin/dstat 2007-04-08 12:48:01.000000000 +0200 > @@ -974,5 +974,4 @@ > if name in self.vars + ('MemTotal', 'SwapCached'): > self.val[name] = long(l[1]) * 1024.0 > - self.val['Cached'] = self.val['Cached'] + > self.val['SwapCached'] > self.val['MemUsed'] = self.val['MemTotal'] - > self.val['MemFree'] - self.val['Buffers'] - self.val['Cached'] > > =end patch
Sorry for having missed this. It clearly shows the Debian bug tracking system works :) I have now added your patch to subversion, sadly I made a release yesterday that doesn't have the patch included. (note to self: Never do a release without cathing up on email after a holiday) Kind regards, -- dag wieers, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
