On 2024-07-27 10:23:01 +0200, Michel Verdier wrote:
> On 2024-07-26, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>
> > The /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf symlink has been removed
> > (currently in unstable) *without any announcement*, so that
> > the /etc/sysctl.conf file (which is still documented, BTW)
> > is no longer read.
> >
> > So, be careful if you have important settings there (security...).
>
> /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl recommends to use a separate file such as
> /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
No, it does *not* recommend anything:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Files located in this directory can set kernel parameters using the
sysctl(8) or systemd-sysctl(8) tool which is typically run with a
unit/init file started during the boot sequence.
For details regarding the configuration files refer to
sysctl.d(5) or sysctl.conf(5)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Worse, it refers to the sysctl.conf(5) man page, which lists
/etc/sysctl.conf as the possible files:
As the /etc/sysctl.conf file is used to override default kernel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
parameter values, only a small number of parameters is predefined
in the file. Use /sbin/sysctl -a or follow sysctl(8) to list all
possible parameters. The description of individual parameters can
be found in the kernel documentation.
and in the FILES section:
/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
/run/sysctl.d/*.conf
/usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/etc/sysctl.conf
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So I did exactly as the documentation said, and this got broken!!!
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