The init script for sysstat does not source anything under /etc/conf, so to edit sadc startup options, the init script must be edited. This is especially a problem when using the common -d option. Reproducible: Always
Actually this seems to be a problem package. -L is in the man page, but missing from the usage options: Options are: [ -C <comment> ] [ -d ] [ -F ] [ -I ] [ -V ] Using -F or -L make sadc fail, i.e. works: /usr/lib/sa/sadc -d - 10 fails: /usr/lib/sa/sadc -F -d - 10 /usr/lib/sa/sadc -L -d - 10 /usr/lib/sa/sadc -F -L -d - 10 Will file separate bugs if needed.
/etc/init.d/sysstat restart may also broken (it doesn't stop the old sysstat - but this may be due to my change which makes it collect the stats rather than exit immediately).