[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#725422: Bug#725422: marked as done (systemd set kernel.sysrq=16)

[Michael Stapelberg]

control: tags -1 + pending

Hi Ben,

Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk> writes:
> That is the choice of the person configuring the kernel, and should be
> respected.
>
> If they start with the Debian configuration and linux-source-<version>
> package then they will get the same initial value for kernel.sysrq.
> Starting with 3.13, that also works with upstream source as the addition
> of a config symbol for the initial value was accepted upstream.
>
>> So explicitly setting the sysrq key imho has benefits.
>> 
>> Do you remember, why you decided against using a sysctl.d snippet?
>
> Why would a kernel package do that?  It already contains the defaults
> and has no need to override them.
>
>> Let me also add, that custom modifications, if done via /etc/sysctl.conf
>> should be preserved, i.e. once [1] is fixed
>> 
>> Do you also happen to remember where this discussion happened so we have
>> some reference for this bug report.
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737184
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/564079
Thanks for your comments, this makes sense to me. After double-checking
with Michael Biebl, I’ve gone ahead and removed the setting:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-systemd/systemd.git;a=commitdiff;h=2629d67

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Best regards,
Michael