On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:40:44PM +0100, Andre Klärner wrote: > > I imagine iputils-ping and d-i need to figure out something > > together. Maybe it's best to override the Priority of > > linux-sysctl-defaults to important, too. > > I wonder if iputils-ping should keep the capability-based method around and > fall back to it, when the system does not have the sysctl set.
IMO no. Removing these things is an excellent step forward. However the d-i bug needs fixing somehow. Server people need to update their package sets in their configuration management tool, but this is true for each and every release. Chris