Package: procps
Version: 1:3.2.8-2
Severity: minor

Hi,

if VERSBOSE=yes, procps's init script is IMHO a bit too chatty.
Here's the output on my system:

Setting kernel variables (/etc/sysctl.conf)...net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 
1
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
 [  DONE  ]
Setting kernel variables (/etc/sysctl.d/bindv6only.conf)...net.ipv6.bindv6only 
= 1
 [  DONE  ]

I appreciate being informed on the different files being loaded,
but logging each and every setting is IMHO a bit too much.

With procps now supporting the sysctl.d/ directory that allows splitting
the monolithic sysctl.conf into files that are specific to single tasks,
I feel that outputting the raw systcl settings is not correct as it makes
the otherwise nicely formated output uglier and less readable/understandable.

If I am not completely mistaken, the fix should be as simple as removing
the following two lines from /etc/init.d:
       if [ "$VERBOSE" = "yes" ]; then
                  quiet=""

I'd be really grateful if you considered it for inclusion into one
if the future uploads.


Thanks for maintainig procps in Debian
Peter


PS: Please ignore the special formatting of the "done".
    I found it on planet.debian.org and liked it :-)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages procps depends on:
ii  initscripts               2.87dsf-8      scripts for initializing and shutt
ii  libc6                     2.10.2-2       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  lsb-base                  3.2-23         Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

Versions of packages procps recommends:
ii  psmisc                        22.10-1    utilities that use the proc file s

procps suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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