I did an: # emerge -u app-admin/sysstat During emerge I got: ... --- /usr/lib/ --- /usr/lib/sa/ >>> /usr/lib/sa/sadc >>> /usr/lib/sa/sa1 >>> /usr/lib/sa/sa2 --- /var/ --- /var/log/ >>> /var/log/sa/ >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... [ ok ] >>> app-admin/sysstat-5.0.0 merged. app-admin/sysstat selected: 4.0.7 protected: 5.0.0 omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. ... --- !mtime obj /usr/bin/mpstat --- !mtime obj /usr/bin/iostat <<< dir /var/log/sa <<< dir /usr/share/doc/sysstat-4.0.7 --- !empty dir /var/log --- !empty dir /var --- !empty dir /usr/share/man/man8 ... Now I got an error : # sar -r -n DEV Cannot open /var/log/sa/sa03: No such file or directory nhh221 ~ Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge sysstat 2. updae sysstat 3. # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r20 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r3, 2.4.23-grsec-1.9.13) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.23-grsec-1.9.13 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.linux.no/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X apache2 apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib innodb java jbig jpeg kde lcms libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang slp snmp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usb wmf x86 xml2 xv zlib linguas_de"
fixed in cvs