You can either:
1) Make your file appear "later" in the listing. So something like
999-must-happen.conf; or
Aah, no, I can't, that's my point. Because /etc/sysctl.d/ is read before
package-shipped files, then it doesn't matter what file I put it in, it
will still be overridden by package-shipped files in (/usr)/lib.
Only the /etc/sysctl.conf file overrides the package files.
And while yes, the package does behave as documented, my point was that
this package behaves contrary to how most other packages in Debian (and
Linux/Unix) behave.
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