/etc/cron.daily/sysstat: xargs: xz: No such file or directory

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

It sounds like this breaks the package in its default configuration, so I think High is more appropriate.

Since this was fixed in Debian in 11.3.2-1 and Yakkety has 11.3.3-1, marking Fix Released to reflect Yakkety and adding a task for Xenial.

TheSeal, thank you for providing this patch and subscribing ~ubuntu-sponsors. The patch itself looks good but we need a little more paperwork for updates to stable releases to reduce regression risk to users. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure. In particular, the patch should target xenial, should refer to this bug so that it auto-closes, and the SRU paperwork needs to be added to this bug.

Are you interested in fixing this up? If not, I'd like to pass this bug to someone else as it's a good candidate to help prospective developers become familiar with the SRU process.

Note: I'd also prefer the version to follow the scheme at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdatePreparation#Update_the_packaging as linked to from the SRU procedure.

I think I have done what you asked for by updating the description(with SRU) and replacing the patch with a new one.

Anything else that needs to be done by me? :)

You've updated everything correctly as far as I can see, thanks.

One final question. In the Regression Potential section, it looks like you have considered what might happen if a user relies on the fact that the package previously pulled in bzip2. In this case, would it be better to fix this just by adding the xz-utils dependency, instead of replacing the previous bzip2 one? For an SRU, we prefer a minimal fix to minimise regression potential over a "correct, refactored" type fix which we'd put in the development release.

What's your opinion on adding only the xz-utils dependency instead of replacing the previous bzip2 one?

I thought about just add the xz-utils as a dependency instead of replacing bzip2. But choose to do it the way the Debian maintainer did.
But yes, its possible to change the configuration for the compression method to something that isn't installed. Recommended and default from upstream is still xz.

OK, I've uploaded this as-is and will leave it for the SRU team to decide. Now awaiting SRU team review. Thanks!

Hello TheSeal, or anyone else affected,

Accepted sysstat into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysstat/11.2.0-1ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

theseal, mind testing the update?

Sorry, I must have missed some notification about this issue.

I have tested and can confirm that the package in Proposed work as it
should and installs xz-utils when installing sysstat.

Noteworthy is that the package is "Helt back" since it has changes to
the dependencies if you try to upgrade your already installed version.

Thank you for testing!

> Noteworthy is that the package is "Helt back" since it has changes to
the dependencies if you try to upgrade your already installed version.

Thank you for noting. As this is expected, I think we're OK. I'm not sure from your comment if you already know this, but for others, "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" will tell apt to resolve the situation and pull in any new packages as required.

This bug was fixed in the package sysstat - 11.2.0-1ubuntu0.1

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sysstat (11.2.0-1ubuntu0.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Add missing depend, bzip2 is replaced by xz-utils. (LP: #1578160)

 -- Johan Carlquist <email address hidden> Wed, 04 May 2016 12:40:47 +0200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for sysstat has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.