rc.d/sysctl fails to parse sysctl.conf

[Chris Rees]

On 27 February 2013 21:19, Andreas Nilsson <andrnils at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I tried to get my sound working, and long story short: rc.d/sysctl parses
> sysctl.conf wrongly if there are sysctls of the form
>
> mib=val1=val2
>
> which is what you need for sound. For reference I needed/wanted
>
> dev.hdaa.4.nid25_config=as=1,seq=15
> dev.hdaa.4.nid31_config=as=1
>
> I believe the following patch would address the incorrect parsing:
>
> --- /etc/rc.d/sysctl.old        2013-02-27 22:00:00.000000000 +0100
> +++ /etc/rc.d/sysctl    2013-02-27 22:05:24.000000000 +0100
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
>                         \#*|'')
>                                 ;;
>                         *)
> -                               mib=${var%=*}
> +                               mib=${var%%=*}
>                                 val=${var#*=}
>
>                                 if current_value=`${SYSCTL} -n ${mib}
> 2>/dev/null`; then

I think that this is the right thing to do here.

Chris