On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:42:50PM +0200, Muayyad AlSadi wrote: > > 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 > ... But for a system wide change, that's insufficient. If 00-foo sets something to value A, and 99-bar sets it to B, and B < A, foo may not function correctly. This isn't an ordering problem, it's an exclusivity problem, because sysctls are system-wide, not per-package. Dave -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
