[arch-general] sysctl.conf.pacsave messages of archlinux.org and archlinux.de are different

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Gaetan Bisson <bisson at archlinux.org> wrote:
> [2013-09-18 10:39:55 +0200] Ralf Mardorf:
>> archlinux.org claims "If you never customized /etc/sysctl.conf, you have
>> nothing to do", while archlinux.de's claim is that only those settings
>>
>> "# Protection from the SYN flood attack.
>> net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
>> # Disable packet forwarding.
>> net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
>> net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0"
>>
>> were used by a /etc/sysctl.conf that never was customized.
>
> These were the only *uncommented* settings in our old sysctl.conf but,
> since they are kernel defaults now, there is no need to put them in any
> sysctl conf file anymore.
>
> The meaning was probably lost in translation, which is not surprising as
> in German it is hard to make precise statements with great accuracy.

Is that so? https://bbs.archlinux.de/viewtopic.php?id=24829 seems to
say exactly that: these settings aren't needed anymore because they're
kernel defaults now.

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