> > As I understand it, Muayyad has different problem. Right now, the > /etc/sysctl.conf we ship is not empty. It has several values set, one of > them is sysrq=0 he used in his example. No one set this is value, it's just > default value and yet, no package can change it by placing its file in > /etc/sysctl.d This would work only if sysctl.conf is empty and all default > configuration is moved to /etc/sysctl.d/00-systemdefault.conf yes exactly this is the case, we have sysrq=0 in /etc/sysctl.conf >> If a package places a sysctl file in /etc/sysctl.d/ then you can >> override it with /etc/sysctl.conf, hence everything is as it should, no? >> This whole logic is designed so that the admin's configuration always >> takes precedence over vendor configuration. Which is the right thing to >> do. the admin can have higher number like 99-local.conf or move every thing in /etc/sysctl.conf to /etc/sysctl.d/00-defaults.conf and have a single line in /etc/sysctl.conf saying # you can override /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf here possible values and their defaults are found in /etc/sysctl.d/00-defaults.conf -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel