On Thu, 31 Jul 2025, 12:43 Basilikum, <debian-to@basilikum.pet> wrote:
. On
bookworm there was a symlink /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf to
/etc/sysctl.conf. This symlink got dropped during the upgrade causing
the file to be ignored
. As kernel parameters in sysctl.conf are very
core to the system and them not getting applied can lead to breakage and
security issues, I think this should be documented in the release notes.
there is some important package that you now need to install to get the symlink.
rather than focus on the details, should we instead suggest people consider installing everything of priority standard or higher, and review this list for changes before rebooting?