My point is that by default on Ubuntu, /etc/sysctl.conf contains no active settings; it is only comments. Hence, loading this by default on Ubuntu would have no effect. If you want to make custom settings, there are many other supported ways of doing so (like creating a file in /etc/sysctl.d). I would not recommend changing the files shipped by default anyways, because they might be overridden on package upgrades.
The reason the symlink was removed is that in future versions of procps (the package that owns /etc/sysctl.conf), the file /etc/sysctl.conf will not be shipped at all. Only snippets in /etc/sysctl.d/ will be used. Since the file (a) has no effect by default on 24.10, and (b) will not exist in 25.04+, I do not see why we should ship the symlink in the systemd package. > Using etc/sysctl.d/*.conf snippets is an option but not mandatory. For use with systemd-sysctl, using a supported configuration directory[1] is mandatory. [1] https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/sysctl.d.html# -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2084376 Title: [Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular; systemd-sysctl service] File /etc/sysctl.conf is not processed Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Problem summary: ---------------- After upgrading from Noble to Oracular the kernel parameters enclosed in the file /etc/sysctl.conf are not being loaded by systemd-sysctl service. The problem is that Oracular systemd package (systemd_256.5-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb) lacks the file /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf that is a simlink to /etc/sysctl.conf, so that file is not processed at all. Previous Noble package (systemd_255.4-1ubuntu8.4_amd64.deb) contains that file (link) so it worked as expected. Aditional info: --------------- #lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 24.10 Release: 24.10 # apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Instalados: 256.5-2ubuntu3 Candidato: 256.5-2ubuntu3 Tabla de versión: *** 256.5-2ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/2084376/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
