Robert Millan <[email protected]> writes: > On 04/02/2014 21:26, Christoph Egger wrote: >> Hi Robert! >> >> During update I'm seeing the following: >> >>> Setting up freebsd-utils (10.0-2) ... >>> >>> Configuration file '/etc/sysctl.conf' >>> ==> File on system created by you or by a script. >>> ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer. >>> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: >>> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version >>> N or O : keep your currently-installed version >>> D : show the differences between the versions >>> Z : start a shell to examine the situation >>> The default action is to keep your current version. >>> *** sysctl.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? d >>> >>> Configuration file '/etc/sysctl.conf' >>> ==> File on system created by you or by a script. >>> ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer. >>> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: >>> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version >>> N or O : keep your currently-installed version >>> D : show the differences between the versions >>> Z : start a shell to examine the situation >>> The default action is to keep your current version. >>> *** sysctl.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? > > Did you resolve the conflict? What is in /etc/sysctl.conf afterwards?
I kept it exactly the same >>> Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/freebsd-utils ... >>> update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; >>> falling back to defaults >>> [ ok ] Loading devfs rules...done. >>> [ ok ] Setting up /dev links...done. >>> [ ok ] Mounting kernel filesystems...done. >>> [....] Setting kernel variables ...sysctl: unknown oid '/etc/sysctl.conf': >>> No such file or directory >>> failed. > > Strange. Is /bin/sysctl the wrapper script? (which supports -p) > > What happens if you run: > > sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf % file /bin/sysctl /bin/sysctl: symbolic link to `/sbin/sysctl' % file /sbin/sysctl /sbin/sysctl: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable % sha1sum /sbin/sysctl e08bf87cbcee637709d19b7c1088941253456d20 /sbin/sysctl % sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf sysctl: unknown oid '/etc/sysctl.conf': No such file or directory hw.pci.do_power_nodriver: 3 -> 3 % cat /etc/sysctl.conf hw.pci.do_power_nodriver=3 hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest=c3 dev.cpu.0.cx_lowest=c2 hw.snd.default_unit=0 hw.snd.maxautovchans=4 dev.pcm.0.play.vchans=5 vm.max_wired=2000000 Christoph -- 9FED 5C6C E206 B70A 5857 70CA 9655 22B9 D49A E731 Debian Developer | Lisp Hacker | CaCert Assurer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

