@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This script is used by busybox and procps-ng.
+#
+# With procps-ng, the "--system" option of sysctl also enables "--ignore", so
+# errors are not reported via syslog. Use the run_logger function to mimic the
+# --system behavior, still reporting errors via syslog. Users not interested
+# on error reports can add "-e" to SYSCTL_ARGS.
+#
+# busybox does not have a "--system" option neither reports errors via syslog,
+# so the scripting provides a consistent behavior between the implementations.
+# Testing the busybox sysctl exit code is fruitless, as at the moment, since
+# its exit status is zero even if errors happen. Hopefully this will be fixed
+# in a future busybox version.
PROGRAM="sysctl"
@@ -12,12 +25,6 @@ SYSCTL_ARGS=""
# symlinks to it. No attempt is made to prevent this.
SYSCTL_SOURCES="/etc/sysctl.d/ /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/ /usr/lib/sysctl.d/ /lib/sysctl.d/ /etc/sysctl.conf"
-# The "--system" option activates "--ignore", which is bad because invalid
-# variable settings in the configuration files will not be reported on the
-# system log. Use some scripting to mimic the --system behavior but still
-# reporting errors. Users not interested on error report can put "-e" in
-# SYSCTL_ARGS.
-#
# The file redirections do the following:
#
# - stdout is redirected to syslog with facility.level "kern.info"