On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 at 22:23, Samuel Plavec <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks. This clears up my misunderstanding; I wrongly thought that the > removal of /etc/sysctl.conf (incl. if changed) during upgrade was > deliberate, which would imply that it wasn't intended to be used > anymore. > It's actually a little trickier than that. sysctl, which is part of procps, does read /etc/sysctl.conf systemd-sysctl does not read that file. sysctl.conf.5, part of procps, mentions this file and also that systemd-sysctl doesn't read it. The symlink from /etc/sysctl.conf got removed because the configuration part moved to another package. So either: The upgrade notes need to mention to move the file; or Some package, possibly procps, needs to detect a changed configuration file and move it to the correct location. - Craig
