Bug 157189

Summary:	bsdinstall(8): Default /etc/sysctl.conf should be removed.
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	lyndon
Component:	conf	Assignee:	freebsd-sysinstall (Nobody) <sysinstall>
Status:	Open ---
Severity:	Affects Only Me	CC:	emaste
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	install
Version:	8.1-STABLE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description lyndon 2011-05-19 23:30:09 UTC

	The installers put in place a sysctl.conf file that does
	nothing, but which contains a $FreeBSD$ header. This results
	in a no-op file serves only to create noise when mergemaster
	is run on a system that actually uses sysctl.conf to override
	default settings. Since the distribution will never use
	this file to set system defaults, the $FreeBSD$ header is
	pointless.

	As with /etc/rc.local, this file should not be present
	unless explicitly created by the system administrator.

Fix: 

Remove /etc/sysctl.conf from the distribution installs.
How-To-Repeat: 	n/a

Comment 1 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer

2012-04-15 21:27:24 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall

this may or may not be relevent to the new installer, but assign the correct list.

Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer

2018-05-28 19:48:30 UTC

batch change:

For bugs that match the following
-  Status Is In progress 
AND
- Untouched since 2018-01-01.
AND
- Affects Base System OR Documentation

DO:

Reset to open status.


Note:
I did a quick pass but if you are getting this email it might be worthwhile to double check to see if this bug ought to be closed.