Currently /etc/init.d/sysctl loads the sysctl assignments from /etc/sysctl.conf and /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf only. systemd package (systemd-sysctl) introduces the directories /lib/sysctl.d and /usr/lib/sysctl.d for distribution- or package-provided sysctl settings. libvirt already installs /usr/lib/sysctl.d/libvirtd.conf which is not loaded in openrc. Please add support for these dirs. Ideally the systemd logic could be matched, which has the search order of /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf /run/sysctl.d/*.conf /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /lib/sysctl.d/*.conf with same-name files in earlier dirs shadowing these in later ones (except for /etc/sysctl.conf). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a sysctl config file into /usr/lib/sysctl.d/test.conf 2. /etc/init.d/sysctl restart Actual Results: The settings from the file are not applied Expected Results: The settings are applied
Configuration goes to /etc. I would suggest that these packages be fixed to install configuration to the right place instead.
The idea of using /usr/lib/some-config-dir.d for package defaults and /etc/some-config-dir.d for administrator overrides only is gaining ground in the systemd-using distributions. Other packages are likely to start using /lib/modprobe.d, /usr/lib/{binfmt.d,modules-load.d,sysctl.d,tmpfiles.d} over time. Are we going to support some of them in a compatible way (/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d seems to be partially supported) and some in an incompatible one? Are these directories that much different from /lib/udev/rules.d?
