> On 2024-07-26, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > The /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf symlink has been removed > > (currently in unstable) *without any announcement*, so that > > the /etc/sysctl.conf file (which is still documented, BTW) > > is no longer read. > > > > So, be careful if you have important settings there (security...).
I kept wondering: what does this have to do with the Subject header? The files in question belong to the procps package, not to systemd, right? As it turns out, it's a combination of the two packages. In bookworm, /etc/sysctl.conf is a Conffile of the procps package, and /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf is a regular file (non-Conffile) of the systemd package. In unstable, apparently, *both* of them are gone. <https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/s/systemd/systemd_256.4-2_changelog> says: [ Luca Boccassi ] * Drop /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf symlink procps no longer ships /etc/sysctl.conf (Closes: #1076190) while <https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/p/procps/procps_4.0.4-5_changelog> says: procps (2:4.0.4-5) unstable; urgency=medium * Add Recommends: linux-sysctl-defaults Closes: #1074156 * Remove /etc/sysctl.conf as using /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf is better * Updated /etc/sysctld.d/README So it seems to have been a removal performed at the whim of the procps maintainer. Perhaps there was discussion somewhere amongst the developers that I'm not aware of. It does seem like the sort of change that would belong in the NEWS file, but I don't see it in <https://salsa.debian.org/debian/procps/-/blob/master/debian/NEWS?ref_type=heads>.
