- * The systemd-sysctl tool no longer natively reads the
- file /etc/sysctl.conf. If desired, the file should be
- symlinked from /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf. Apart from
- providing legacy support by a symlink rather than built-in
- code, it also makes the otherwise hidden order of application
- of the different files visible.
+ * The systemd-sysctl tool no longer natively reads the file
+ /etc/sysctl.conf. If desired, the file should be symlinked
+ from /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf. Apart from providing
+ legacy support by a symlink rather than built-in code, it
+ also makes the otherwise hidden order of application of the
+ different files visible. (Note that this partly reverts to a
+ pre-198 application order of sysctl knobs!)