By your reasoning, /etc/init.d/procps should not call sysctl on any architecture or kernel, then. I think that's fair enough; we should arrange for whatever package provides sysctl to call it in an init script.
Also, the FreeBSD documentation describes /etc/sysctl.conf quite extensively and a search for FreeBSD kernel configuration variables inevitably points at /etc/sysctl.conf. I suggest that package maintainers coordinate a strategy to ensure /etc/sysctl.conf works out of the box on all systems. -- Ludovic Brenta. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]