Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped

From	Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.doc
Subject	Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped
Date	2025-08-05 14:50 +0200
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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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Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Basilikum <debian-to@basilikum.pet> - 2025-07-31 13:50 +0200
  Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> - 2025-08-05 13:50 +0200
    Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Basilikum <debian-to@basilikum.pet> - 2025-08-05 14:40 +0200
    Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2025-08-05 14:50 +0200
      Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Samuel Plavec <samuelplavec@gmail.com> - 2025-08-05 18:00 +0200
        Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2025-08-05 19:40 +0200
      Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2025-08-05 18:00 +0200
        Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Samuel Plavec <samuelplavec@gmail.com> - 2025-08-05 18:30 +0200
  Bug#1110184: Fwd: Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped Samuel Plavec <samuelplavec@gmail.com> - 2025-08-05 22:10 +0200
  Bug#1110184: Another symptom John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> - 2025-08-18 23:00 +0200
    Bug#1110184: Another symptom Adrien CLERC <bugs-debian@antipoul.fr> - 2025-08-20 16:40 +0200
  Bug#1110184: marked as done (release-notes: document  /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-09-05 00:00 +0200

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