Bug#972348: closed by Craig Small (Re: Bug#972348: procps: [sysctl] /etc/sysctl.d should supersede /lib and /usr/lib)

2020-10-25 Thread Matthew Gabeler-Lee
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020, Craig Small wrote: On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 15:51, Matthew Gabeler-Lee wrote: Aah, no, I can't, that's my point. Because /etc/sysctl.d/ is read before package-shipped files, then it doesn't matter what file I put it in, it will still be overridden by package-shipped files

Bug#972348: closed by Craig Small (Re: Bug#972348: procps: [sysctl] /etc/sysctl.d should supersede /lib and /usr/lib)

2020-10-19 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 15:51, Matthew Gabeler-Lee wrote: > Aah, no, I can't, that's my point. Because /etc/sysctl.d/ is read before > package-shipped files, then it doesn't matter what file I put it in, it > will still be overridden by package-shipped files in (/usr)/lib. > Did you test this? $

Bug#972348: closed by Craig Small (Re: Bug#972348: procps: [sysctl] /etc/sysctl.d should supersede /lib and /usr/lib)

2020-10-18 Thread Matthew Gabeler-Lee
You can either: 1) Make your file appear "later" in the listing. So something like 999-must-happen.conf; or Aah, no, I can't, that's my point. Because /etc/sysctl.d/ is read before package-shipped files, then it doesn't matter what file I put it in, it will still be overridden by

Bug#972348: procps: [sysctl] /etc/sysctl.d should supersede /lib and /usr/lib

2020-10-16 Thread Matthew Gabeler-Lee
Package: procps Version: 2:3.3.16-5 Severity: normal My normal expectation with most things unix/linux is that administrator-controlled files in /etc supersede package-shipped files in /lib and /usr/lib. However, the documented (and AFAICT actual) order of loading sysctl .conf files is: