<div dir="ltr">> What happens if two packages want to set a sysctl to different values ?<br><br>that's why they are prefixed with numbers, the higher number will take effect<br>eg. 99-foobar.conf <br><br>sometimes we have conventions for number ranges like this <br>
<br><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fontconfig_packaging_tips#Choosing_a_ruleset_numeral_prefix">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fontconfig_packaging_tips#Choosing_a_ruleset_numeral_prefix</a><br><br>50 User overrides<br>
51 Local system overrides
<br>...<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Chris Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmadams@hiwaay.net">cmadams@hiwaay.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">Once upon a time, Chris Adams <<a href="mailto:cmadams@hiwaay.net">cmadams@hiwaay.net</a>> said:<br>
> Once upon a time, Matthew Garrett <<a href="mailto:mjg59@srcf.ucam.org">mjg59@srcf.ucam.org</a>> said:<br>
> > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:57:13AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote:<br>
> > > Once upon a time, Matthew Garrett <<a href="mailto:mjg59@srcf.ucam.org">mjg59@srcf.ucam.org</a>> said:<br>
> > > > No package should be automatically changing the sysrq policy.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Why not?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > For example, I use a commercial backup program that makes extensive use<br>
> > > of IPC and needs the msgmni and msgmnb limits raised beyond the default<br>
> > > values. Why shouldn't they be able to include that change in their RPM?<br>
> ><br>
> > Where did I say they shouldn't?<br>
><br>
> You mean other than the quoted line?<br>
<br>
</div>My appologies; I misread "sysrq" as "sysctl".<br>
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