In my case, on trixie upgrade, my /etc/sysctl.conf was renamed to /etc/sysctl.conf.dpkg-bak and therefore disabled. This caused some significant breakage, some of which wasn't apparent until a couple of days later.
- Bug#1110930: procps: /etc/sysctl.conf removed without notice Shorrer
- Bug#1110930: Saw this also John Goerzen

