On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:44:17PM +0200, Earendil wrote:
I have also added the capability to stip th sysctl.conf files in many files in the sysctl.d directory. This idea was inspired by Debian architecture.
Sure, systemd uses this as well. Do we have any cases where distributing a sysctl file with a package is needed? I'm really not sure this is something that's wanted/needed in Arch.
I agree with Dave, if we are going to support this there should be at least one user of it. Are there any packages that either already ship with their own sysctl file, or that would benefit from doing it? As /etc/udev/rules.d, sysctl.d can be reserved for users.
It's a very pratical way of setting system config. Make it a default, is a good advice for users. It will maybe also help packager which want add some systcl param. (chicken or the egg?)
If we are going to support a sysctl.d directory, I think we should do it in exactly the same way as systemd does (being almost, but not quite, the same would only be confusing): <http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/sysctl.d.html>.
I read quickly, but Debian do the sames -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net