does /etc/sysctl.d/ really obeyed and does really override /etc/sysctl.conf

[Muayyad AlSadi]

> What happens if two packages want to set a sysctl to different values ?

that's why they are prefixed with numbers, the higher number will take
effect
eg. 99-foobar.conf

sometimes we have conventions for number ranges like this

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fontconfig_packaging_tips#Choosing_a_ruleset_numeral_prefix

50 User overrides
51 Local system overrides
...


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net> wrote:

> Once upon a time, Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net> said:
> > Once upon a time, Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org> said:
> > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:57:13AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> > > > Once upon a time, Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org> said:
> > > > > No package should be automatically changing the sysrq policy.
> > > >
> > > > Why not?
> > > >
> > > > For example, I use a commercial backup program that makes extensive
> use
> > > > of IPC and needs the msgmni and msgmnb limits raised beyond the
> default
> > > > values.  Why shouldn't they be able to include that change in their
> RPM?
> > >
> > > Where did I say they shouldn't?
> >
> > You mean other than the quoted line?
>
> My appologies; I misread "sysrq" as "sysctl".
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