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Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation

From Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation
Date 2024-10-18 23:10 +0200
Message-ID <Jz2op-2xh7-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References <JxSAN-1Pjy-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <JxSAN-1Pjy-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
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Control: severity -1 important
Control: affects -1 iputils-ping

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 07:04:51PM +0300, sergio wrote:
> please call `sysctl -p /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf` after installation

+1  Not doing so is leading to confusing/broken behavior during
upgrades.  By deferring the application of the sysctl settings until
reboot, we're effectively leaving the system in a half-upgraded state
where applications that depend on sysctls set here will misbehave for
confusing reasons until a reboot happens.

See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1085289 and
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1084135 for instances
of issues caused during upgrades.

noah

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Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation sergio <sergio+it@outerface.net> - 2024-10-15 18:30 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting  after installation "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-10-18 23:10 +0200
  Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2024-10-18 23:10 +0200
  Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-10-24 02:10 +0200
    Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation Craig Small <csmall@debian.org> - 2024-10-24 12:30 +0200
      Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-10-30 20:10 +0100
        Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation Craig Small <csmall@debian.org> - 2024-11-04 11:50 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting  after installation "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-10-24 02:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after  installation "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-11-25 00:30 +0100
  Bug#1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-11-25 00:30 +0100

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