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From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
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Subject: Default /etc/sysctl.conf should be removed.
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>Number:         157189
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       bsdinstall(8): Default /etc/sysctl.conf should be removed.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-sysinstall
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 19 22:30:09 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Sun Apr 15 20:28:00 UTC 2012
>Originator:     Lyndon Nerenberg
>Release:        FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD orthanc.ca 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #2: Thu Aug 19 12:59:29 PDT 2010 lyndon@orthanc.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ORTHANC i386

>Description:
	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.
>How-To-Repeat:
	n/a
>Fix:
	Remove /etc/sysctl.conf from the distribution installs.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall 
Responsible-Changed-By: eadler 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Apr 15 20:27:24 UTC 2012 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
this may or may not be relevent to the new installer, but assign the correct list. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=157189 
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