On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 03:19:01PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 06:02:10PM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > > So since netbase does not want to be the proper place, a better > > fix/workaround (I'm sincerely trying hard not to be ironic!) would be to > > use debconf with a default value of "0" and to inform/ask the user about > > it when installing a new kernel. > > and store/implement it where? /etc/sysctl.conf is unacceptable as its > a conffile belonging to procps. > > and personally i don't want /etc/sysctl.conf to become another debconf > [mis]managed config file.
I agree -- sysctl.conf should never be touched by the distribution -- it is for local settings, specific to each machine, and there should never be a chance that it could possibly be overwritten automatically, as that could result in major breakage on some systems. --Adam -- Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>