[Bug 1719159] [NEW] 'service procps start' does nothing

[Marius Gedminas]

Public bug reported:

/etc/sysctl.d/README says

    After making any changes, please run "service procps start" (or, from
    a Debian package maintainer script "invoke-rc.d procps start").

however running this command does absolutely nothing on Ubuntu 17.04 (and,
presumably, any other Ubuntu version since systemd became the main init
system).

To actually get your changes written into /proc/sys, you have to do

    service procps reload

Can you please update the README?

(This is similar to bug 1332362, but I think that one was Upstart's
fault.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: procps 2:3.3.12-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-33.37-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 24 11:26:45 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-10 (379 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
SourcePackage: procps
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-14 (163 days ago)

** Affects: procps (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wayland-session zesty

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Title:
  'service procps start' does nothing

Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  /etc/sysctl.d/README says

      After making any changes, please run "service procps start" (or, from
      a Debian package maintainer script "invoke-rc.d procps start").

  however running this command does absolutely nothing on Ubuntu 17.04 (and,
  presumably, any other Ubuntu version since systemd became the main init
  system).

  To actually get your changes written into /proc/sys, you have to do

      service procps reload

  Can you please update the README?

  (This is similar to bug 1332362, but I think that one was Upstart's
  fault.)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: procps 2:3.3.12-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-33.37-generic 4.10.17
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-33-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Sun Sep 24 11:26:45 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-10 (379 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
  SourcePackage: procps
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-14 (163 days ago)

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