Bug 885287

Summary:	sys-apps/systemd-251.7: Symbolic link /usr/lib/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf points to /etc/sysctl.conf which does not exist
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Pacho Ramos <pacho>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo systemd Team <systemd>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	ago, gentoo
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484796
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2022-12-10 08:17:20 UTC

It seems /etc/sysctl.conf is not present anymore and, as a consequence, the link is dead
QA Notice: Symbolic link /usr/lib/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf points to /etc/sysctl.conf which does not exist.

Best regards

Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2023-01-02 09:48:13 UTC

*** Bug 889338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2023-03-06 16:19:39 UTC

To eliminate the symlink, we would need some plan to migrate away from /etc/systctl.conf on existing systems.

Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2023-03-06 18:52:10 UTC

Maybe it would be possible to drop the symlink when /etc/systctl.conf is not present in the system :/

Comment 4 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2023-03-06 19:22:22 UTC

I guess we could do something like this in pkg_postinst:

>if [[ -e ${EROOT}/etc/sysctl.conf ]]; then
>	ln -snf ../sysctl.conf "${EROOT}/etc/sysctl.d/99-systemd.conf
> fi

Comment 5 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2023-07-22 20:50:38 UTC

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=e92f7252b53bce0359a7dedbf02d5d6cb3dc1c44

commit e92f7252b53bce0359a7dedbf02d5d6cb3dc1c44
Author:     Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-07-22 20:48:52 +0000
Commit:     Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2023-07-22 20:48:52 +0000

    sys-apps/systemd: create sysctl.d symlink only when /etc/sysctl.conf exists
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/885287
    Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>

 sys-apps/systemd/systemd-254_rc2.ebuild | 8 +++++---
 sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild    | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)