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