On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:15:52 +0200 Martti Kühne <mysatyre@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> 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.
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.
I may sound lazy, but can't we just provide that symlink and get done with other problems?
cheers! mar77i
No, let's kill /etc/sysctl.conf because: * It goes against the common structure that distros put configs in /usr/lib, not /etc. * It is not overridable. E.g. Arch defaults are not suitable for me, so I have to keep an empty sysctl.conf (while having things /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf). * It is not even documented in any of systemd manpages (please correct me if this is wrong). Cheers, -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D