On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:42:50PM +0200, Muayyad AlSadi wrote:
> > What happens if two packages want to set a sysctl to different values ?
>
> that's why they are prefixed with numbers, the higher number will take
> effect
> eg. 99-foobar.conf
>
> sometimes we have conventions for number ranges like this
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fontconfig_packaging_tips#Choosing_a_ruleset_numeral_prefix
>
> 50 User overrides
> 51 Local system overrides
> ...
But for a system wide change, that's insufficient.
If 00-foo sets something to value A, and 99-bar sets it to B,
and B < A, foo may not function correctly.
This isn't an ordering problem, it's an exclusivity problem, because
sysctls are system-wide, not per-package.
Dave
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