Bug#1110184: release-notes: document /etc/sysctl.conf being dropped

Basilikum <[email protected]> Tue, 5 Aug 2025 14:16:44 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.documentation
Message-ID <753abc37-2694-4584-914b-bb836e481f82__31475.5430955969$1754397205$gmane$org@basilikum.pet>
The /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf symlink got dropped from the systemd
package in version 256.4-1 following
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076190

The package search also results no package containing that file in
trixie. What package do I need to install to get the symlink? As far as
I can see it is just gone. This seems to be specific to that config file
and I think it should just be documented in the release notes. Anyone
who changes kernel parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf instead of following
the modern systemd way of using /etc/sysctl.conf.d/ will have their
changes silently dropped by the upgrade.