The usage of sysctl
is discouraged
except in targets. This is because the evaluation of any
makevar
s, such as used during
make index
, then has to run the command,
further slowing down that process.
Usage of sysctl(8) should always be done with the
SYSCTL
variable, as it contains the fully
qualified path and can be overridden, if one has such a
special need.
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