sysctl.conf does not override sysctl.d as claimed
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procps (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: procps
/etc/sysctl.
This is false. /etc/init.d/procps sources /etc/sysctl.conf *first*, which means anything in it is overridden by the contents of /etc/sysctl.d.
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for file in /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.
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Bug #256025 appears related to this, but oddly it complains that the README behavior actually occurs, which in the final release of Intrepid it does not. The fix should be one of the following, depending on the outcome of that debate:
1- Fix the init script to source /etc/sysctl.conf last, not first.
2- Fix the README to correctly state that sysctl.d overrides sysctl.conf
Confirm that this behaviour is present in intrepid