Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped
Richard Lewis wrote:
> 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
>
> there is some important package that you now need to install to get the
> symlink.
That'll be linux-sysctl-defaults (Priority: important, with a
Recommends from systemd).
> 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?
That is, we could advise users to run
apt list \!~i~important
apt list \!~i~pstandard
or indeed
apt list '!~i?or(~pstandard,~pimportant)'
and ask themselves what their reasoning is for not having them. If
only they'd finish deprecating "Priority: extra" it'd be just
apt list '!~i!~poptional'
As an aptitude user I've also been in the habit of looking at the
"Audit Recommends" viewer after a dist-upgrade, but I don't know of
any way of getting that out of apt.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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