Changelog for sysstat: 12.7.9 -> 12.8.0
Source: CHANGES

2026/08/28: Version 12.8.0 - Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr)
	* [Agenticode]: sadc: Read /proc/stat once per collection cycle.
	* rd_stats.c: Rework functions to read /proc files once.
	* Read all /proc files once per collection cycle.
	* [Sagar Sagar]: Avoid all-zero CPU rows on counter regression.
	* [Lilu]: svg_stats.c: Fix integer overflow in allocate_graph_lines
	  size computation.
	* [Hang Zhao]: sadc: Fix pgscan_direct counter incorrectly including
	  pgscan_direct_throttle.
	* [Andy Lau]: sadc: Fix pgsteal/s double counting by only summing
	  pgsteal_anon and pgsteal_file.
	* [Andy Lau]: sar, mpstat: use write() instead of printf() in signal
	  handler to ensure JSON output is properly closed on SIGTERM.
	* [Andy Lau]: Remove unnecessary unsigned int cast that truncates
	  irq_nr in read_stat_total_irq().
	* [Andy Lau]: Fix typo in sar manual page.
	* [Dean Chen]: sadf, sar: let --fs match mountpoints as well as device
	  names.
	* sar/sadf: Don't test for empty "--fs=" list.
	* [Nathan Scott]: iostat/tapestat/cifsiostat: add -G flag for gibibyte
	  display.
	* [Nathan Scott]: sa1: derive LONG_NAME from SADC_OPTIONS, not just
	  HISTORY.
	* [Nathan Scott]: sa2: honour -D in SADC_OPTIONS for date format.
	* [Nathan Scott]: Slightly reduce scope of install-cron configure script
	  option.
	* [Nathan Scott]: Rename --enable-install-cron to
	  --disable-automated-sar-reporting.
	* [Nathan Scott]: Enable automated sar reporting by default.
	* [Nathan Scott]: sadc: Fix heap buffer overflow in reallocate_buffer().
	* [Nathan Scott]: do_test: Replace bash-ism with POSIX arithmetic.
	* [Nathan Scott]: do_test: Exit with error status on test failure.
	* [Nathan Scott]: tests: Fix PCP archive test portability.
	* [Nathan Scott]: ci: Add GitHub Actions CI workflow.
	* sa1: Remove "iso" option.
	* cifsiostat: Add JSON output for option -G (display in Gigabytes).
	* pidstat: Add fflush() after JSON closing output.
	* sadc: Now only read pgscan_kswapd counter.
	* sa_wrap.c: Also use reallocate_buffer() function for A_PWR_FREQ
	  activity.
	* cifsiostat, iostat, sa1, sadf, sar and tapestat manual pages updated.
	* Non-regression tests updated. New tests added.
	* simtest: Fix issue related to 19th day of the month.
	* Makefile: Fix EXTRALIST variable contents.
	* Fix some tests for out-of-tree build.
	* do_test: Make options available with out-of-tree target.
	* [orbisai0security]: Fix a (theoretical) security vulnerability.
	* [Peter Dave Hello]: Refresh sysstat gettext template file.
	* FAQ file updated.
	* NLS translations updated.
	* Update year in copyright messages.
	* tapestat: Cosmetic change.