On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 01:12:20PM +0200, Pierre Schmitz wrote:
Hi,
a new features in systemd 207 is to no longer read /etc/sysctl.conf. Instead /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf has to be used. Imho this needs a news item and we also need to think about what to do with the file we ship as part of procps-ng.
I've been talking about shipping that file in /usr/lib/sysctl.d for a while, but never got around to filing a bug (or doing it myself). We might also consider just dropping it, since this is in line with the upstream default. There's some bugfixes I should backport to 207 (sigh), so I can add a post_upgrade message to mention this once we figure out the direction we're going in.
From the systemd changelog: * The systemd-sysctl tool no longer natively reads the file /etc/sysctl.conf. If desired, the file should be symlinked from /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf. Apart from providing legacy support by a symlink rather than built-in code, it also makes the otherwise hidden order of application of the different files visible.
Greetings,
Pierre
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