[arch-general] Fwd: [arch-dev-public] systemd 207 ignores /etc/sysctl.conf

Quintus devqqq at gmail.com
Fri Sep 13 08:28:52 EDT 2013


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de> wrote:
> From the systemd changelog:
>         * The systemd-sysctl tool no longer natively reads the
>           file /etc/sysctl.conf. If desired, the file should be
>           symlinked from /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf.

On 13 September 2013 08:15, Martti Kühne <mysatyre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I may sound lazy, but can't we just provide that symlink and get done
> with other problems?

Symlinking would sacrifice code-correctness in favor of convenience IMHO.
Shouldn't we inform users of the change and allow them to make the decision
rather than pushing the change at them?

Cheers,
Quintus


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