On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 08:34:37AM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler 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.
I've opened #1090811 to start the conversation with the d-i maintainers about adding linux-sysctl-defaults to the default install. noah * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1090811
