yahoo wrote: > > > Il 21/07/25 16:37, Dale ha scritto: >> Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From "Dale" <rdalek1...@gmail.com <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> >>> To gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> >>> Date 21.07.2025 15:49:48 >>> Subject Re: [gentoo-user] sysctl as a directory instead of a file. >>> Possible wrong name. >>> >>> ~ % rc-update show | grep sysctl >>> sysctl | boot >>> >>> ~ % grep -n conf /etc/init.d/sysctl >>> 21: [ -e /etc/sysctl.conf ] || return 0 >>> 22: local retval=0 var= comments= conf= >>> 24: for conf in /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf; do >>> 25: if [ -r "$conf" ]; then >>> 26: vebegin "applying $conf" >>> 32: done < "$conf" >>> 57: eend $rc "Unable to configure some kernel parameters" >>> >>> So (at least here) sysctl is run at boot time and there is a for-loop >>> in the >>> openrc-script (line 24) looking at conf files in /etc >>> >>> >> >> >> Ahhh. So the init script is set up to find the files where they are not >> what may be the default on some other init system. That works. I can >> live with that. :-D >> > > No, that is not correct. Stefan printed part of the function named > BSD_sysctl(). > There is another function the same script, named Linux_sysctl(), which > basically just does 'sysctl --system'. So I'd not say Gentoo is non > standard, rather it seems to me the BSD function is provided to mimic > the Linux behavior. > > But I already wrote this, looks like it did not get through. > > raf > >
I was looking at line 24 where it lists two locations for the config files. I was thinking that other systems, using systemd or something, may put the config files somewhere else. So they may list other locations if needed. Either way, it works now. I just find it odd that one has to give the --system option is all. Dale :-) :-)
