Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: procps (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to procps in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1822261 Title: Upgrade of procps disables net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 Status in procps package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Expected behavior: Settings in /etc/sysctl.conf won't be changed by an upgrade or there will be a prompt if the original file should be overwritten. What happened: After performing an upgrade of package procps IPv4Forwarding was disabled in /etc/sysctl.conf without asking: # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4 #net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 I was able to reproduce this behavior by using unattended-upgrades and also by upgrading manually (apt-get upgrade) My system: lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 apt-cache policy procps procps: Installed: 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1822261/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp