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Document URL: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8-beta/html-single/8.0_beta_release_notes/index#con_beta-warning Section Number and Name: 7 Describe the issue: The package dstat has been available in 7.6 and I dont see it in 8beta2 anymore. The release notes does not provide a replacement. (There is mentioning of pcp-dstat in the release notes but its not clear if this is a replacement, especialyl since pcp-system-tools have a lot of dependencies (including gcc). Suggestions for improvement: list dstat as removed or name replacement (optionally provide dstat).
Hello, thanks a lot for your feedback. The Beta release is a preview and the list of the changes to packages is incomplete. The list is continuously growing and the updates are planned for the GA release. Thank you for your understanding.
Understood. But what is the stance on dstat? pcp-dstat from pcp-system-tools pulls in cpp and gcc as dependencies and has an hefty installed size of 103 MB with all dependencies for a small tool of formerly 88 kB in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Usually cpp and gcc are frowned upon in productive environments where dstat is used regularly (at least by me). [roadrunner@hive01 Downloads]$ sudo yum install pcp-system-tools [sudo] password for roadrunner: Updating Subscription Management repositories. Unable to read consumer identity This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register. Updating Subscription Management repositories. Unable to read consumer identity This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register. Last metadata expiration check: 0:34:23 ago on Wed 13 Mar 2019 09:48:00 PM CET. Dependencies resolved. ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: pcp-system-tools x86_64 4.1.3-3.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 180 k Installing dependencies: cpp x86_64 8.2.1-3.3.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 10 M gcc x86_64 8.2.1-3.3.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 23 M isl x86_64 0.16.1-6.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 841 k libmpc x86_64 1.0.2-9.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 59 k pcp x86_64 4.1.3-3.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 1.1 M pcp-conf x86_64 4.1.3-3.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 44 k pcp-libs x86_64 4.1.3-3.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 475 k pcp-selinux x86_64 4.1.3-3.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 42 k python3-pcp x86_64 4.1.3-3.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-beta-rpms 154 k glibc-devel x86_64 2.28-18.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-beta-rpms 1.0 M glibc-headers x86_64 2.28-18.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-beta-rpms 462 k kernel-headers x86_64 4.18.0-32.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-beta-rpms 1.3 M libxcrypt-devel x86_64 4.1.1-4.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-beta-rpms 25 k Transaction Summary ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== Install 14 Packages Total download size: 39 M Installed size: 103 M Is this ok [y/N]: n Operation aborted. [roadrunner@hive01 Downloads]$ rpm -pq --provides pcp-system-tools-4.1.3-3.el8.x86_64.rpm /usr/bin/dstat config(pcp-system-tools) = 4.1.3-3.el8 pcp-system-tools = 4.1.3-3.el8 pcp-system-tools(x86-64) = 4.1.3-3.el8
(In reply to Gerrit Slomma from comment #2) Hello Gerrit, Thanks for your question. I am looping our engineers in this. Lukas, Nathan, could you please answer to Gerrit's question (comment#2)? Thank you!
There are numerous points of confusion in this bug report, so some clarification in the release would be a good idea. Not helping us here is the fact that the beta images are now months out of date and much has moved on since then. pcp-system-tools provides the new dstat package, which replaces the old version, in the sense of | $ rpm -q --whatprovides dstat | pcp-system-tools-4.3.0-3.x86_64 So dstat lives on and has not been removed in RHEL-8. The dependency on gcc, cpp and other devel packages was a packaging error that has since been resolved. There are a handful of new dependencies (like python3-pcp) but this is entirely warranted given the quantum leap in functionality that the new dstat offers over the old. The old version of dstat is unmaintained upstream. The new version has python3 support, historical analysis, remote host analysis, configuration file plugins, and many hundreds of new performance metrics that can be reported. These things should probably all be specifically listed in the release notes I guess, Ioanna. cheers.
(In reply to Nathan Scott from comment #4) Hello Nathan, thanks a lot for your information. I marked that as a Release Notes candidate for RHEL 8.0 GA and I am assigning that to Marie as dstat is closed to the sst_cs_plumbers. Thank you!