[systemd-devel] Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq

[Reindl Harald]

Am 02.04.2013 02:08, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:01 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 02.04.2013 01:51, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
>>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>>>> simply let "sysctl.conf" ovverride anything of you
>>>> config pieces, to not spit warnings about it and
>>>> EVERYBODY is happy
>>>
>>> It might be confusing why some of the entries in
>>> /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-defaults.conf do not take effect. A warning seems
>>> sensible. You can get rid of the warning by putting a (possibly empty)
>>> file at /etc/sysctl.d/50-defaults.conf which does not contain the
>>> offending entry
>>
>> which does not supress the warnings
>>
>> so no - the new logic is even not clear upstream it seems
>> and that is why sysctl.conf is the way to go to stop more and more
>> invalidate any written documentation and book for no benfit
>>
>> if it exists - ignore "/usr/lib/sysctl.d/"
>>
>> [root at rawhide ~]# cat /etc/sysctl.d/50-defaults.conf
>> [root at rawhide ~]#
>>
>> [    5.666890] systemd-sysctl[214]: Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq in file
>> '/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf', ignoring.
>> [    5.698594] systemd-logind[207]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (Power Button)
>> [    5.741690] sdb1: WRITE SAME failed. Manually zeroing.
>> [    5.844488] systemd-sysctl[238]: Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq in file
>> '/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf', ignoring.
> 
> My apologies, I intended to write 50-default.conf, not 50-defaults.conf

OK, this works in this case

but it doe snot solve the general problem that EVERYTIME systemd-upstream
in the future introduces a new /usr/lib/sysctl.d/X.conf you get at least
new warnings or in the worst case existing and well knwon written
configurations of the admin maybe started to be ignored

that is not the way to go having predictable configurations in mind

if i decide that for MY workload a monolithic sysctl.conf is the
best maintainable way nobody and nothing has to touch this
principle

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