Re: systemd may silently break your system!
On 2024-08-01 09:37:54 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 14:47:16 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > No, even for unstable, maintainers should ensure that packages are
> > upgraded in the right order.
>
> Once again, here is my understanding of the current situation:
>
> 1) A new procps package was uploaded, which no longer has /etc/sysctl.conf.
>
> 2) A new systemd package was uploaded, which removes the now-dangling
> /etc/sysctl.d/99-whatever symlink.
>
> 3) It was discovered that the new procps package fails to remove the
> existing /etc/sysctl.conf file when upgrading. This was filed as
> a bug, and will be fixed at some point.
NO!!! This is (3) before (2).
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076352
"procps: leftover conffiles" on 14 July.
systemd (256.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
* Drop /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf symlink procps no longer ships
/etc/sysctl.conf (Closes: #1076190)
[...]
on 24 July, i.e. 10 days later!
BTW, in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076190
"Upgraded systems will continue to have an obsolete conffile named
/etc/sysctl.conf"
so the silent breakage was known and done on purpose.
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